Landscape with Brigands (Scène de brigands)

1633, printed later

Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Claude Lorrain

Artist, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image depicts a landscape scene with a group of figures standing under a large palm tree on the left side. The horizon is high in the image, with distant mountain peaks under a vast sky. The etching technique creates detailed textures in the tree leaves and rocky terrain, adding depth to the composition. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of sepia. Four men are engaged in interaction in the foreground, with rocky outcrops, wooded hills, and mountains in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on thin laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 12.9 x 19.6 cm (5 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.78.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mannocci 1988, no. 11, State ix/ix (posthumous state)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, Washington; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

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

Inscriptions

lower right in plate along margin: Claudius in Sup. P (indistinct)

Wikidata ID

Q75394701

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