Légende

Landscape with cattle, fisherman and flight to Egypt, 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, 60, 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 206 mm x width 256 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., river, landscape with ruins, cattle, fisherman, the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way, Mary usually riding on an ass - BB - landscape predominant, A sepia-toned landscape drawing shows a riverside scene with large, leafy trees occupying the central area and extending to the right, their foliage rendered in dense, rounded clusters; a wooden footbridge spans a narrow water channel near the middle foreground with a figure standing on it and another figure on the near bank holding a long pole or staff; animals graze nearby, including several cattle and goats scattered on the banks and a donkey being ridden by a small figure on a path that leads past a ruined stone archway and a partially standing classical column on the left; additional small human figures appear near the ruins and along the water, one pushing or guiding a small boat in the channel; distant hills and a solitary tower sit on the horizon to the right, and birds are visible in the sky above; vegetation, rocks, and marshy plants frame the foreground along the water’s edge.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B34_436

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44.6Mo (6.4Mo) / 37.4cm x 29.9cm / 4412 x 3533 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Landscape cattle fisherman flight Egypt Liber Veritatis Collection Two Hundred Prints original designs Claude le Lorrain Prints drawings Claude Lorrain print Series number 60 200 printmaker Richard Earlom drawing publisher John Boydell London 1774-08-01 paper mezzotint etching printed brown height 206 mm x width 256 mm 1774 John Boydell published two hundred prints based drawing book Liber Veritatis possession Dukes Cavendish prints two volumes 1777 onwards river landscape ruins Mary Joseph child sometimes way Mary usually riding ass - BB - landscape predominant sepia-toned landscape drawing riverside scene large leafy trees occupying central area extending right foliage rendered dense rounded clusters wooden footbridge spans narrow water channel near middle foreground figure standing another figure near bank holding long pole staff animals graze nearby several cattle goats scattered banks donkey ridden small figure path leads past ruined stone archway partially standing classical column left additional small human figures near water pushing guiding small boat channel distant hills solitary tower sit horizon birds visible sky vegetation rocks marshy plants frame foreground water’s edge