Departure for the Fields

1638/1641

Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Claude Lorrain

Artist, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image depicts a pastoral scene from a slightly elevated viewpoint. Various people are herding animals in the foreground, with a landscape visible beyond them. The horizon is positioned high in the image, showing a distant view of mountains or rolling hills near the top. Trees with intricate branches and foliage are centrally located, contrasting with the background landscape. The image is composed with detailed lines typical of etching or engraving, conveying texture and depth through cross-hatching and shading. The overall palette is monochrome, using varying shades of brown for contrast. On the right side, there is a structure resembling a rustic building on rocky terrain, connected to an arched bridge stretching over a small ravine.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13 x 18.1 cm (5 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 13.7 x 19 cm (5 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.157.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mannocci 1988, no. 34, State iii/iv


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased February 22, 1977; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1988

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

Wikidata ID

Q76337525

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