Description:
landscape; rural; river; architecture, buildings, temple in right background; in center foreground, woman kneeling to fill urn from a spring or fountain; cattle and goat prepare to cross river, shepherd and shepherdess recline next to them in right foreground, woman sitting with staff, man playing flute, musical instrument
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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