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The Cowherd, 1636

  • etching, paper
  • 130 x 196 mm
  • Inv. 2015-FC

Public Domain

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The Cowherd is one of Claude’s most admired prints. Wielding the etching needle with great delicacy, he created lush, bucolic scene in a small format. The variety of nature can be felt in the dense band of trees on the opposite bank and the grasses and foliage in the foreground. The resting cowherd is silhouetted against a sunlit vista visible beyond the bend in the river.

Artist

Claude Lorrain RKD VIAF Wikidata
Chamagne-Mirecourt 1600 - Rome 1682
etchersAAT

Title The Cowherd
Date 1636
Period 17th century
Medium and support etching AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: N44p2
printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Claudius in. et f. Romae 1636 138 ..
Collection print room
Object type etching AAT
Inventory number 2015-FC
Acquisition credit gift
Gillis, Piet
2015
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-FC
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8697/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 25H landscapes Iconclass
300263554 animal paintings AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass
25H114 low hill country Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H213 river Iconclass
25H217 river bank Iconclass
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass
31A235 sitting figure Iconclass
41A17 farm (building) Iconclass
47I2112 cow Iconclass
47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass
47I2213 shepherd's crook Iconclass
47I228 cattle driving, cattle driver Iconclass
School / Style classicism AAT
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