Description:
landscape rural; river with bridge in background; ancient Roman architecture, temple, columns in ruins on left; herd of cattle crossing a river in foreground, lead by shepherd on right with raised stick; two figures sitting under tree in right middle ground one playing pipe
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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