The Cowherd (Le bouvier)

1636

Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Claude Lorrain

Artist, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image features a pastoral scene seen from a slightly elevated perspective. A group of cattle is near a body of water, tended to by a farmer. In the midground, dense trees are intricately etched with fine strokes. The horizon shows distant hills and scattered structures. The sky has horizontal lines and a few birds. The color palette is monochrome with varying intensities of black and white, accentuating the landscape's details and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4615

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mannocci 1988, no. 18, State iii/vi (A)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1931

  • Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 38.

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 126.

1936

  • The Centennial Exposition: Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures, Graphic Arts, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1936, no. 19.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 58.

1959

  • Old Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1959.

1962

  • Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, 1962, no cat.

  • Installation during Fine Art Festival, American River College, Sacramento, CA, 1962, no cat.

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

Bibliography

1923

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

1982

  • Russell 1982, 27C.

1988

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

Wikidata ID

Q64954476

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