Description:
landscape; religious subject; river and stone bridge in center background; group of three large trees in right foreground; architecture in ruins in left background; two angels standing on either side of man (Saint John) who is holding a staff with a small crucifix at top in right foreground
Label Text:
From the third 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 is after Claude drawings from other sources (printed in 1819).
Subjects:
Mezzotint engraving; Etching Link to share this object record:
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