Légende

Landscape with Saint George fighting the dragon, 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, 73, 200, printmaker: Richard Earlom, after drawing by Claude Lorrain, publisher: John Boydell, London, 1774-11-01, paper, mezzotint, etching, mezzotint and etching, printed in brown, height 206 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., St. George and the dragon: dressed in armor and mounted on a (white) horse he brandishes his sword (his lance lies already broken on the ground), the princess nearby may be shown praying or fleeing, mountains - HH - ideal landscapes, A sepia-toned landscape drawing shows a wide sky with swirling clouds and several birds in flight above a distant town with clustered buildings and a bridge, framed by large, leafy trees on both sides; in the foreground a mounted knight in armor raises a lance while his rearing horse confronts a serpent-like dragon near a small pool, and groups of people stand, sit, and gesture among rocky ledges and trees along the left side and near the center, with rolling hills and scattered vegetation filling the middle ground.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B34_446

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

45.1Mo (6.7Mo) / 37.5cm x 30.1cm / 4429 x 3560 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Landscape Saint George fighting dragon Liber Veritatis Collection Two Hundred Prints original designs Claude le Lorrain Prints drawings Claude Lorrain print Series number 73 200 printmaker Richard Earlom drawing publisher John Boydell London 1774-11-01 paper mezzotint etching printed brown height 206 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 St George dressed armor mounted white horse brandishes sword lance lies already broken ground princess nearby shown praying fleeing mountains - HH - ideal landscapes sepia-toned landscape drawing wide sky swirling clouds several birds flight distant town clustered buildings bridge framed large leafy trees sides foreground mounted knight armor raises lance rearing horse confronts serpent- dragon near small pool groups people stand sit gesture rocky ledges trees left side near center rolling hills scattered vegetation filling middle ground