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Landscape with dancing and music-making shepherds and shepherdesses, Liber Veritatis. Or a Collection of Two Hundred Prints, after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain, Prints after drawings by Claude Lorrain, print, Series number, 13, 200, printmaker: Richard Earlom, after drawing by Claude Lorrain, publisher: John Boydell, London, 1774-01-01, paper, mezzotint, etching, mezzotint and etching, printed in brown, height 208 mm x width 257 mm, From 1774 John Boydell published two hundred prints based on the drawing book Liber Veritatis by Claude Lorrain, in the possession of the Dukes of Cavendish. These were published bundled in two volumes starting in 1777., dancing, cattle, making music, musician with instrument - CC - out of doors, A landscape scene rendered in sepia tones showing a group of people gathered under and around large, leafy trees near an open plain and distant hills. Figures include men and women in period clothing standing, sitting, and interacting; some are mounted on horses while others lead or tend cattle and sheep. A woman stands near the center foreground while various men gesture or converse nearby; a seated man reclines on the ground and another figure kneels beside him. Tall trees with textured foliage frame the composition, their branches arching across the sky where small birds appear in flight. In the midground there is a stone arch or cave opening at the base of a hill and small figures and animals dot the distant plain. The overall image has a painterly ink-and-wash drawing quality with visible brush and pen strokes.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B34_404

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45.1Mb (6.0Mb) / 14.7in x 11.9in / 4419 x 3570 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape dancing music- shepherds shepherdesses Liber Veritatis Collection Two Hundred Prints original designs Claude le Lorrain Prints drawings Claude Lorrain print Series number 13 200 printmaker Richard Earlom drawing publisher John Boydell London 1774-01-01 paper mezzotint etching printed brown height 208 mm x width 257 mm 1774 John Boydell published two hundred prints based drawing book Liber Veritatis possession Dukes Cavendish published bundled two volumes starting 1777 cattle music musician instrument - CC - doors landscape scene rendered sepia tones showing group people gathered under large leafy trees near open plain distant hills Figures include men women period clothing standing sitting interacting mounted horses lead tend cattle sheep woman stands near center foreground various men gesture converse nearby seated man reclines ground another figure kneels beside Tall trees textured foliage frame composition branches arching across sky small birds flight midground stone arch cave opening base hill small figures animals dot distant plain image painterly ink- -wash quality visible brush pen strokes