Caption
Landscape with Psyche at the Palace of Amor, Prints after drawings by Claude Lorrain, Liber Veritatis. Or a Collection of Two Hundred Prints, after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain, print, Series number, 162, 200, printmaker: Richard Earlom, after drawing by Claude Lorrain, publisher: John Boydell, London, 1776-12-03, paper, mezzotint, etching, mezzotint and etching, printed in brown, height 206 mm x width 260 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., castle, coast - HH - ideal landscapes, landscape with tower or castle - II - ideal landscapes, story of Cupid and Psyche (Apuleius, 'Metamorphoses' (Golden Ass) IV 28 - VI 25), A sepia-toned landscape drawing showing a large classical building with a tall central facade and adjacent rounded tower set on a rocky shoreline, surrounded by trees and shrubbery; the foreground contains a seated figure on a rock and a standing figure leading an animal, with a small boat on the water and distant hills under a sky filled with clouds.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B35_012
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