Caption
Landscape with ruins and cattle crossing a river, 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, 176, 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 208 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 bundled two volumes starting in 1777., pastorals, Arcadian scenes, cattle driving, cattle driver, crossing a river, landscape with ruins - II - ideal landscapes, river - HH - ideal landscapes, A sepia-toned landscape drawing showing large, densely foliaged trees framing a river and distant fields, with a tall classical columned ruin on the left and a bridge crossing the water in the middle distance; cattle stand and wade near the riverbank while a herder with a staff walks among them and a small group of seated figures talk on a slope to the right; rolling hills and a tower appear on the horizon, and the sky contains light cloud strokes and a few small birds.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B35_022
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Rights managed
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42.3Mb (7.3Mb) / 14.8in x 11.1in / 4428 x 3339 (300dpi)