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Landscape with five shepherds and cattle on a riverbank, 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, 56, 200, printmaker: Richard Earlom, after drawing by Claude Lorrain, publisher: John Boydell, London, 1774-08-01, paper, mezzotint, etching, mezzotint and etching, printed in brown, height 204 mm x width 258 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 two volumes from 1777 onwards., pastorals, Arcadian scenes, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, cattle, river bank, A sepia-toned landscape drawing shows a large leafy tree near the center with detailed foliage and a textured trunk, flanked by other trees and shrubbery; a body of water stretches behind the trees with low rolling hills and a distant round tower perched on rocky ground to the right; in the foreground a group of people interact near the water, including a standing figure holding a staff who gestures toward others, seated and kneeling figures, and a woman in a flowing dress reaching toward a child, while nearby a small herd of grazing animals wanders along the shoreline; the sky is lightly clouded and the ground foreground features grasses and scattered plants.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B34_433

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Keywords

Landscape five shepherds cattle riverbank Liber Veritatis Collection Two Hundred Prints original designs Claude le Lorrain Prints drawings Claude Lorrain print Series number 56 200 printmaker Richard Earlom drawing publisher John Boydell London 1774-08-01 paper mezzotint etching printed brown height 204 mm x width 258 mm 1774 John Boydell published two hundred prints based drawing book Liber Veritatis possession Dukes Cavendish prints two volumes 1777 onwards pastorals Arcadian scenes herding herdsman herdswoman shepherd shepherdess cowherd river bank sepia-toned landscape drawing large leafy tree near center detailed foliage textured trunk flanked trees shrubbery body water stretches low rolling hills distant round tower perched rocky ground right foreground group people interact water standing figure holding staff gestures seated kneeling figures woman flowing dress reaching child nearby small herd grazing animals wanders shoreline sky lightly clouded ground features grasses scattered plants