Landscape No. 15 from "Liber Veritatis"

1774

Richard Earlom after Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Richard Earlom

Artist, British, 1743 - 1822

Claude Lorrain

Artist After, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image shows a pastoral scene with a serene landscape. The horizon is depicted above the center of the composition, with distant hills and small settlements visible. The brushstrokes are detailed, focusing on foliage and natural elements. The color palette consists primarily of sepia tones. In the foreground, a figure is seated against a large tree surrounded by resting and grazing animals. In the background, there is a river winding through the scene, leading to a bridge and settlement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and mezzotint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abbot Mills

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21 × 26 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 × 28.8 cm (9 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.24.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Smith 1884, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 94, fig. 5

Inscriptions

In plate, at lower left: Claude le Lorrain delint / N. 15; in plate, at lower center: Published Janry 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside; in plate, at lower right: R:Earlom Fecit

Wikidata ID

Q65511800

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