The Cowherd
Claude Lorrain · 1636 · Etching on ivory laid paper
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The Cowherd is a public-domain illustration by Claude Lorrain, dated 1636. Etching on ivory laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Cowherd” (1636) is built as Claude built a landscape: a dark foreground, a bright distance, and small figures that set the scale.
About the artist
Claude Lorrain (1600–1682) was a French painter working in Rome. His landscapes open toward a low sun, with a few figures and a distance of sea or countryside.
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