Description:
landscape, rural; shepherd sitting with staff in right foreground; herd of cattle grazing in foreground; river in middle ground, navigated by two men in boat; large ancient ruin, temple with pediment and Corinthian columns in center middle ground with fortress with crenellated walls behind it on left and bridge in right background
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:
Aquatint; Etching Link to share this object record:
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