This artist's careful studies of the Roman Campagna inspired many of his paintings, including one in which two Biblical figures dance with tambourines in front of a background water mill.
In the Romantic period, many English artists tried to emulate this artist's technique by wearing tinted glasses named for him. J.M.W. Turner painted Dido Building Carthage in homage to this artist, and bequeathed it to the National Gallery on the condition that it hung between two of this artist's paintings. This artist's careful studies of the Roman Campagna inspired many of his paintings, including one in which two Biblical figures dance with tambourines in front of a background water mill. This artist of The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah tried to prevent forgeries of his paintings by publishing sketches of them in his Liber Veritatis, or Book of Truth. He painted many scenes of harbors illuminated by the sun just above the horizon, such as Seaport with the Embarkation of St. Ursula and Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba. For 10 points, name this friend of Nicholas Poussin, the leading 17th century French landscape painter.
In the Romantic period, many English artists tried to emulate this artist's technique by wearing tinted glasses named for him.
Claude Lorrain [or Claude Lorrain; or Claude Gellee]