Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba

Claude Lorrain

1648 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London

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Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba

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About this work

Artist: Claude Lorrain (1600–1682)
Year: 1648
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 149.1 × 193.7 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
Movement: Baroque

The Queen of Sheba, crowned and in red, descends the steps of a classical palace to the boat that will carry her out to the ships waiting in a harbour lit by the rising sun; porters hurry chests down to the water and the light spreads across the ripples toward the horizon. The Bible has her crossing the desert by camel to visit Solomon, but Claude sent her by sea, and the subject is known only from his inscription on a step. He signed and dated it 1648 and painted it with Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca for the Duc de Bouillon, general of the papal army, whose round tower emblem appears on the right. Both were among the first pictures bought for the National Gallery in London in 1824 from the Angerstein collection; this is NG14. Turner painted Dido Building Carthage in answer to it and left it to the nation on condition it hang alongside.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba in the public domain?

Yes. Claude Lorrain (1600–1682) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba painted, and in what medium?

Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba dates from 1648 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 149.1 × 193.7 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Claude Lorrain's Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba — a harbour at sunrise, the Queen of Sheba descending to her boat between classical palaces and tall ships — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The Classical Landscape, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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