Richard Earlom after Lorrain - 1802 Etching Liber Vertatis Landscape No. 10

Description

A fine example of Landscape No. 10 from the etched version of the Liber Vertatis. Sculptured by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) after the original from the book by Claude Lorrain (16041605-1682). The etching has areas of mezzotint and has been produced in sepia tones. The artist's names have been inscribed at the lower edge with the publisher's details and the inscription "From the original drawing in the collection of R. P. Knight, Esq." On wove.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration and minor dirtying to the wove. The original plate lines are in tact.

Size

17 x 23cm (6.7" x 9.1")

Collection Information

The Liber Veritatis, meaning Book of Truth in Latin, is a book of drawings recording his completed paintings made by Claude Lorrain, known in English as "Claude". Claude was a landscape painter in Rome, who began keeping this record in 1635/6, as he began to be highly successful, and maintained it until his death in 1682. The book is now in the British Museum, and was owned by the Dukes of Devonshire from the 1720s until 1957. It was reproduced in print form from 1774 to 1777 by Richard Earlom and had a considerable influence on British landscape art. The title Liber Veritatis was apparently invented for these reproductions, but is now also used for the original.

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Artist Biography

Claude Lorrain (1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in Italy, and is one of the earliest important artists, apart from his contemporaries in Dutch Golden Age painting, to concentrate on landscape painting. His landscapes are usually turned into the more prestigious genre of history paintings by the addition of a few small figures, typically representing a scene from the Bible or classical mythology.

Richard Earlom (baptised 14 May 1743 – 9 October 1822) was an English mezzotinter. Earlom was born and died in London. His natural faculty for art appears to have been first called into exercise by his admiration for the lord mayor's state coach, which had just been decorated by Giovanni Battista Cipriani. He tried to copy the paintings, and was sent to study under Cipriani. He displayed great skill as a draughtsman, and at the same time acquired without assistance the art of mezzotint.