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Together with Dughet, Millet, Lemaire, and Jacques Rousseau, Pierre Patel the Elder was an important exponent of the classical landscape style in France, a style that was based primarily on that of Claude Lorrain. In fact, the nineteenth-century biographer, J. P. Mariette called him the "Claude Lorrain of France." Pierre Patel's balanced, picturesque compositions of reflecting pools of water, ancient ruins, and graceful trees all washed in a soft waning light certainly have Claude as their (showing 500 of 1734 characters). |
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