Description:
landscape; rural; trees; river; large bridge; architecture on hill in right background including round ancient Roman temple, and buildings surrounded by crenellated wall; figures moving across bridge including man on horseback and dogs; shepherd leading cattle, goats, and sheep to river to drink in left foreground
Label Text:
From first volume of three volume Liber Veritatis, a collection of mezzotints after drawings by Claude Lorrain. Each volume contains 100 prints; the first two volumes are after Claude drawings in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire (first printed in 1777, with a second printing in 1819), the third volume were after Claude drawings from other sources (printed in 1819).
Subjects:
Mezzotint engraving; Etching Link to share this object record:
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