Légende

Landscape with Mercury stealing Apollo's cattle, 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, 128, 200, printmaker: Richard Earlom, after drawing by Claude Lorrain, publisher: John Boydell, London, 1776-01-01, Richard Earlom, Claude Lorrain, John Boydell, printmaker, after drawing by, publisher, paper, mezzotint, etching, mezzotint and etching, printed in brown, height 207 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 bundles in two volumes starting in 1777., landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct - II - ideal landscapes, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions - II - ideal landscapes, Mercury and Battus, Battus is bribed with a heifer as hush-money, A sepia-toned landscape drawing shows tall clustered trees with detailed foliage on either side, an ancient ruin of columns to the left, and distant hills and a small town with simple buildings near the horizon; in the foreground a partially clothed seated figure rests on a rock while grazing animals and a herder appear nearby, and several birds are visible in the sky above scattered clouds.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B34_487

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

41.8Mo (7.4Mo) / 37.7cm x 27.7cm / 4456 x 3276 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Landscape Mercury stealing Apollo's cattle Prints drawings Claude Lorrain Liber Veritatis Collection Two Hundred Prints original designs Claude le Lorrain print Series number 128 200 printmaker Richard Earlom drawing publisher John Boydell London 1776-01-01 paper mezzotint etching printed brown height 207 mm x width 258 mm 1774 John Boydell published two hundred prints based drawing book Liber Veritatis possession Dukes Cavendish prints bundles two volumes starting 1777 landscape bridge viaduct aqueduct - II - ideal landscapes city-view man- constructions - II - ideal landscapes Battus bribed heifer hush-money sepia-toned landscape drawing tall clustered trees detailed foliage side ancient ruin columns left distant hills small town simple buildings near horizon foreground partially clothed seated figure rests rock grazing animals herder nearby several birds visible sky scattered clouds