Claude Lorrain (1600-1682) – A Mediterranean port at sunrise with the Embarkation of Saint Paula for Jerusalem. Christie’s Images Ltd., 2013 UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £5,066,500
A re-discovered masterpiece by Claude, once in the possession of the Earls of Portarlington, comes up at Christie’s sale of Old Master and British Paintings in London on December 3. A Mediterranean port at sunrise with the Embarkation of St. Paula for Jerusalem by Claude Lorrain (1600-1682), one of the greatest and most influential landscape painters of 17th century Europe, is estimated at £3-5 million. The painting was in Smith collection at Hambleden Manor, Buckinghamshire and, though not unrecorded, was inaccessible to scholars even through photographic reproduction. It has been unseen by the public since the late 19th century.