Claude Lorrain, drawings and etchings" exhibition at the Château de Chantilly

Lifting the golden veil from the incomparably poetic landscapes he painted, mainly in Rome, this exhibition presents drawings and etchings by Claude Lorrain to explore the flashes, hesitations and doubts of one of the most important masters of the 17th century.

A tireless draughtsman, Claude Lorrain used broad ink washes, meticulous pen strokes and rapid notations in black stone to study nature, transcribe the light of the sun at different times of the day and compose everyday, religious or mythological scenes. Transposed into engravings, his subjects took on new tonalities and lost none of the experimental freedom that characterised Claude's work.

Drawn from public and private collections, previously unpublished and long-admired works at the Château de Chantilly reveal the questions the artist asked himself and the way in which he tried to answer them, allowing us to plunge into the heart of the creative process and the intimacy of one of the most singular figures in the history of art.