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 CLASEN, KARL, born in Düsseldorf in 1812. History painter; pupil at Düsseldorf Academy under W. Schadow. Painted history, sacred and profane, with a pure feeling for nature, and careful execution. Works: Flight into Egypt (1839); Rudolph of Hapsburg giving his Horse to a Sick Priest (1840); Pope Sixtus and Deacon Laurentius (1842); Daughter of Jairus (1845); Discovery of the Springs at Aix-la-Chapelle; Reconciliation of Queen Catharine with Cardinal Wolsey (1850); Allegory of Borussia (1867).—Brockhaus, iv. 437; Müller, 106; Wiegmann, 178.

CLASEN, LORENZ, born in Düsseldorf, Dec. 14, 1812. History painter; cousin of Karl; pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Th. Hildebrandt; painted at first biblical scenes, then chiefly subjects from romantic history. In 1850 removed to Berlin, 1854, to Leipsic. Was also a distinguished writer on art. Works: Early Christians; Annunciation to the Shepherds (1837); David playing before Saul, Conversion of Clovis by his Wife Clotilda (1839); Minstrels' Contest at the Wartburg; Conrad II. (Kaisersaal, Frankfort); Expulsion of St. Elizabeth (1840); Madonna (1841); Blessings of Peace and Industry, Entry of Happy Rulers (1844); Germania on Guard on the Rhine (City Hall, Crefeld); Germania on the Sea, Bishops of Cologne and Mentz before Conrad II. (1847); Cycle from History of Families von Brandt and von Watzdorf (1865-66).—Brockhaus, iv. 437; Illustr. Zeitg. (1871), ii. 175; Müller, 106; Wiegmann, 204.

CLAUDE, GEORGES, born in Paris; contemporary. Son and pupil of J. M. Claude and pupil of P. Galland. Medal, 3d class, 1884. Portraits (1879, 1882); Adoration of the Cross at Mont Cassin (1884).

CLAUDE, JEAN MAXIME, born in Paris, June 24, 1824. Landscape painter, and painter of sporting and hunting scenes; pupil of Galland. Medals: 1866 and 1869; 2d class, 1872. Works: Rendezvous, Retreat (1861); Halloing at the Ponds of Comielles, Bloodhounds in their Kennel the Day before a Hunt (1863); Huntsman with Hound going to Woods (1864); Morning of Beginning and Day of Closing the Hunt (1866); Corner of the Kennel (1868); Hunter's Story (1869); Return from Hunt (1870); Antechamber, Souvenir of Rotten Row (1872); Returning from Rotten Row (1874); Hyde Park (1876); These Gentlemen are Served, Conversation in Hyde Park (1877); Sketch on the Cliff, Albert Gate of Hyde Park (1878); Confidence (1879); Sit Up-*right (1881); Sunset, Spring-Time (1882); At the Rendezvous in Fontainebleau (1883).

CLAUDE LORRAIN, born in Champagne on the Moselle in 1600, died in Rome, Nov. 23, 1682. French school; landscape painter; real name Gellée; pupil in drawing of his elder brother Jean, wood engraver at Freiburg in Breisgau. Taken to Rome in 1613 by a relative, he went thence to Naples, where he spent two years as pupil of Godfrey Wals, a painter from Cologne. From 1619 to April, 1625, he lived at Rome, working as apprentice and valet to Agostino Tassi, who was employed by the Cardinal di Montalto to decorate his palace, after which he returned to Lorraine by Venice and the Tyrol. At Nancy he found employment in decorating the Chapelle des Carmes, for Duke Charles III., with figures and architectural ornaments, until the middle of the year 1627, when he returned to Rome to remain for the rest of his life. Here he became intimate with Sandarrt, Peter de Laar, and Poussin, and spent his time in making studies in the Campagna, at Tivoli, Frascati, and Subiaco. By 1634, Claude had become a celebrity at Rome and had painted many pictures, although none are known of a date earlier than the Village Fête and the Sea Port at the Louvre of the year 1639. The