Description:
landscape; religious, New Testament subject; mountains in background; city, architecture in left background behind group of trees including two palm trees; three figures in central foreground, man with halo (Christ) at center, with two other men (Disciples) walking to left; man on right with staff over left shoulder
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:
Etching; Mezzotint engraving Link to share this object record:
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