Description:
landscape; rural; large tree on left; river; stone bridge with arches and one horseshoe arch in right middle ground; medieval and ancient Roman architecture, ruins in right foreground, round crenellated tower, columns; group of female peasants, shepherdesses sitting in circle playing musical instruments including tambourine, flute, and lyre, male shepherd leaning on staff in right foreground; cattle drinking from river
Label Text:
From the second 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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