# Landscape with the Voyage of Jacob

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CLAUDE LORRAIN](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 71 x 95 cm

## Commentary

This landscape, with its winding river, elegant trees, and grand castle, is an idealized vision of the countryside near Rome, where Claude spent most of his career. All of the artist&#39;s landscapes include narrative subjects: in this case, Jacob&#39;s journey to the land of Canaan. The tiny camels on the right hint at the biblical story, but the painting is essentially a celebration of nature at its most poetic.

## Related artworks

- [A Mediterranean Seaport](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/a-mediterranean-seaport-r91c924d6632b33>)
- [A Seaport at Sunrise](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/a-seaport-at-sunrise-r7f92238b218e0a>)
- [Aeneas&#39;s Farewell to Dido in Carthago](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/aeneass-farewell-to-dido-in-carthago-r3487ca609e2450>)
- [Apollo and the Muses on Mount Helion \(Parnassus\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/apollo-and-the-muses-on-mount-helion-parnassus-r197724ac64db78>)
- [Apollo Guarding the Herds of Admetus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/apollo-guarding-the-herds-of-admetus-r86adad3d2aab98>)
- [Coast Scene with the Rape of Europa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/coast-scene-with-the-rape-of-europa-r041c62e287555d>)
- [Embarkation of St Paula Romana at Ostia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/embarkation-of-st-paula-romana-at-ostia-rd1c8ef321f4e1c>)
- [Erminia and the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/erminia-and-the-shepherds-ra7116e6d35a5a7>)
- [Flock of Sheep in the Campagna](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/flock-of-sheep-in-the-campagna-r48b423634e4497>)
- [Forest Path with Herdsmen and Herd](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/forest-path-with-herdsmen-and-herd-r68c90e7e49114a>)
- [Harbour Scene at Sunset](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/harbour-scene-at-sunset-r1bcd1b206338ca>)
- [Harbour Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/claude-lorrain-rfda65e38588258/harbour-scene-rf7143f4883f3c7>)

## Attribution

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