Claude Lorrain Monument

The monument to Claude Lorrain, donated by King Ludwig I in 1865

The Claude Lorrain Monument is a memorial with an inscription for the French painter "Claude Gelée" (= Gellée) "called Lorrain " in Munich . It was built in front of the St. Anna Church on Harlachinger Berg.

history

In 1865 the art-loving former Bavarian King Ludwig I donated the memorial and had Johann von Halbig set up a relief bust of the painter in a medallion of a marble memorial stone north of the church at the site of the demolished ruins of the former castle, in which the artist has a tradition should have lived after "a long time" . In reality, Lorrain's stay in Munich is not documented, and the castle was not even built during Gellée's lifetime (1600–1682). Various mix-ups and misunderstandings led to this legend, which the founder, in his obsession with art, was only too happy to believe in order not least to be able to set a monument for himself in this way

Web links

Commons : Monument to Claude Lorrain (Munich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lothar Altmann: Pilgrimage Church of St. Anna Harlaching . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1989. 6th, revised edition 2004, p. 3.

Coordinates: 48 ° 5 ′ 43.4 ″  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 24.1 ″  E