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Claude Lorrain (1600 - 1682) was a French artish of the Baroque Period who spent most of his working life in Italy. He is known chiefly for his landscape paintings done in the classical style (see here and here for an explantation of classicism). His name was actually Claude Gellée but he became known after the area of France in which he grew up. You can find out more at Wikipedia.

The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648
According to the Bible ((I Kings 10: 1-13) the Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon in Jerusalem. The embarkation is shown taking place at dawn.
Read more about the Queen of Sheba and King Soloman at Wikipedia.
The painting is owned by the National Gallery which has a zoomable image on the website
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