Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula

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Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula
Claude Lorrain - Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula.jpg
Artist Claude Lorrain
Year1641
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions113 cm× 149 cm(44 in× 59 in)
Location National Gallery, London

Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula is an oil painting on canvas of 1641 by Claude Lorrain, signed and dated by the artist. [1] The work was produced for Fausto Poli, who two years later was made a cardinal by Pope Urban VIII. It is now in the National Gallery in London, which acquired it in 1824 as part of the collection of John Julius Angerstein. [2]

References

  1. "Catalogue entry". The National Gallery.
  2. (in Italian) Louise Govier, The National Gallery, guida per i visitatori, Louise Rice, Londra 2009. ISBN   9781857094701