Caption
Landscape with drovers and bandits with swords, 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, 34, 200, printmaker: Richard Earlom, after drawing by Claude Lorrain, publisher: John Boydell, London, 1774-04-25, paper, mezzotint, etching, mezzotint and etching, printed in brown, height 207 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 prints were published in bundled two volumes starting in 1777., landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct, landscape with tower or castle, cattle driving, cattle driver, robbery, violent death by sword - EE - death not certain, wounded person, A sepia-toned landscape drawing showing a winding path and a bridge in the midground, large leafy trees on a rocky hillside, and distant hills and a tower by a river. In the foreground are several human figures walking along the path, some leading cattle and goats, one figure appearing to bend toward another lying on the ground, and a small group of people clustered together. There are scattered rocks and fallen branches along the ground, an arched stone bridge spanning a waterway, and layered cloud streaks across the sky. The composition includes dense foliage with detailed tree trunks and branches framing the scene and small architectural ruins near the riverbank.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B34_420
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46.2Mb (6.8Mb) / 14.9in x 12.0in / 4474 x 3607 (300dpi)