Departure for the Fields (Le départ pour les champs)

c. 1638/1641

Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Claude Lorrain

Artist, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image features a pastoral scene with goats being herded by figures, one of whom is riding a donkey. A distant horizon shows mountains and a village. The sky above is textured with fine, horizontal lines. The intricate brushstrokes depict trees, foliage, animals, and human figures. The trees bend to the right of the composition, while rocks and architecture in the distance show precise line detail. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of brown and black.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.458

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mannocci 1988, no. 34, State iii/iv (B)


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1923

  • Blum, Andre. Les eaux-fortes de Claude Gellee dit le Lorrain. Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1923.

1982

  • Russell 1982, 30.

1988

  • Mannocci, Lino. The Etchings of Claude Lorrain (catalogue raisonné). New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988.

Wikidata ID

Q65508142

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