Word: bentivoglio
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...smaller canvasses by Claude, now in the Fogg Museum, are among the earliest dated examples of the master; are, in fact, the pair owned by Cardinal Bentivoglio, which subsequently came into the possession of the king of Naples. The student of Claude will welcome the rare chance of comparing these early landscapes with that in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, painted at the very end of the artist's career...
Born in 1600, Claude Gellee, called is Lorraine from his native province of France, ventured to Rome in his youth struggled as a paint-boy in Tassi's studio, and won his first recognition from Cardinal Bentivoglio, who, in 1629, purchased two pictures from the young artist. When Pope Urban, who was shown them by the cardinal, expressed his exceptional pleasure, the landscapes of Claude became the fashion, and his fame steadily rose during the rest of his long life of 82 years. At his death he was a recognized classic, his reputation remaining steadily supreme in his field throughout...