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
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| 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 |
300015636
landscapes
AAT
300263554 animal paintings AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| 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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