The Herd Returning in Stormy Weather (Le troupeau en marche par un temps orageux)

c. 1650/1651

Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Claude Lorrain

Artist, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image shows an etching of a landscape with a slightly elevated view. On the left are detailed columns resembling remnants of a structure. On the right, a figure tends to cattle and goats. The horizon is in the upper third of the image, showing hills, mountains, trees, and a distant fortification. The sky has clouds, depicted with fine line work typical of etchings. The color scheme is monochromatic with earthy browns and sepias.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Accession Number

    1949.1.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mannocci 1988, no. 40, State ii/ii (C)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1938 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871 - 1948], New York; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1923

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

1988

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

Wikidata ID

Q65071422

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