‘The beautiful landscape made for M. de Bourlemont’: Claude Lorrain’s painting of Moses and the burning bush and other works for the Sieur de Bourlemont

• Autores: Claire Pace
• Localización: Artibus et historiae: an art anthology, ISSN 0391-9064, Nº. 85, 2022, págs. 337-361
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The paper focuses on Claude Lorrain’s painting of Moses and the Burning Bush, one of five paintings commissioned by the Sieur (then Abbé) de Bourlemont, a French diplomat who lived in Rome for over twenty years, and who was one of the artist’s most important patrons. After a résumé of what is known of the patron, including a reference to his testament, the paper discusses the other works he commissioned from Claude; then turns to a description of the preparatory drawings for the composition, and its probable visual sources, concluding with a consideration of its enigmatic pendant, a coast scene with uncertain subject.