Description:
landscape; mythological subject; ocean in background; ancient and medieval architecture, buildings, towers, on hill in left middle ground; two large ships filled with soldiers anchored near shore on right; shepherd and shepherdess sitting on rock in left foreground, herd of sheep and goats resting on left
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:
Etching; Mezzotint engraving Link to share this object record:
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