CLAUDE

LORRAINE, a landscape painter whose real name was Claude Gelee, was born in 1600 in the province of Lorraine. Agostino Ta i employed hin; at Rome to grind his colours and do household work and then he travelled for a while, settling in Rome; again in 1627, where his works were greatly sought for. The chief galleries in Italy, France, England, Spain, and Germany are adorned with them. The painting he valued most was one of a small wood belonging to the Villa Madama, Rome. He excelled in luminous atmospheric effects. He made small copies of all his pictures, in six books, called Libri di Verita, which are very valuable, especially to students.