# Landscape with Ruins

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PATEL, Pierre](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patel-pierre-r0d13816dd900e6>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 73 x 150 cm

## Commentary

Patel derived almost all his ideas and inspiration from Claude, specializing in idyllic classical landscapes, usually with a golden light. His best pictures are elegant interpretations of Claude, but lack Claude&#39;s poetry. He often featured classical ruins in his paintings, looking forward to the picturesque. and sometimes there is a more antiquarian approach where the ruins are prominent. This painting was executed for the Cabinet de l&#39;Amour in the Hôtel Lambert, Paris.

## Related artworks

- [Bird&#39;s eye view of Versailles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patel-pierre-r0d13816dd900e6/birds-eye-view-of-versailles-ra1d21d041c8d13>)
- [Italianate Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patel-pierre-r0d13816dd900e6/italianate-landscape-r79c47c4d705a7e>)
- [Landscape with Christ and a Centurion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patel-pierre-r0d13816dd900e6/landscape-with-christ-and-a-centurion-r6643e04cc58773>)
- [Landscape with Ruins](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patel-pierre-r0d13816dd900e6/landscape-with-ruins-r931abf59175df7>)
- [Landscape with the Flight into Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patel-pierre-r0d13816dd900e6/landscape-with-the-flight-into-egypt-r5a6f4fce61667e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)