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| Claude Lorrain |
He afterwards rambled to Rome to seek a living; but from his ignorance of the language, he failed to obtain permanent employment.
He next went to Naples, to study landscape painting under Godfrey Waals, a painter with a good reputation. With him he remained two years; then he returned to Rome, and was domesticated with landscape-painter Augustin Tassi, who hired him to grind his colours and to do all the household drudgery.
His master advanced him in the rules of perspective and the elements of design. Under his tuition Claude devoted himself to artistic study with great eagerness and his mind began to expand. He made studies in the open fields, where he remained from sunrise till sunset, watching the effect of the light upon the landscape.
He sketched whatever he thought beautiful or striking. From these sketches he perfected his landscapes.