Claude (1604/5?–1682)

Seaport with the Embarkation
of Saint Ursula, 1641

Saint Ursula, holding a standard,
oversees some of her many thousand
virgin companions who are embarking
after a pilgrimage to Rome. On their
return journey all will be martyred by
Huns at Cologne, when Ursula refuses
to marry their chief. The building on
the left recalls the Roman church on
the site of Saint Peter's martyrdom.

Oil on canvas

NG30. Bought, 1824

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Claude (1604/5?–1682)

Landscape with the Marriage of
Isaac and Rebekah ('The Mill'), 1648

Claude depicts the marriage of Isaac
and Rebecca (Genesis 24) as a scene
of dancing and festivity, although the
celebrations are not described in the
Old Testament account. A water mill is
seen in the middle distance, next to a
circular classical temple. The painting
is the pendant to Seaport with the
Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba,
hanging nearby.

Oil on canvas

NG12. Bought, 1824

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Claude (1604/5?–1682)

A View in Rome, 1632

The left-hand side of this painting is a view of Rome, possibly drawn from Claude's house. In the middle distance is the church of the Trinità de' Monti near which Claude lived. It is also where he was to be buried. Further to the right is the pope's summer palace. By contrast, the ruins in the foreground are invented.

Oil on canvas

NG1319. Bought, 1890