About this artwork
In this Claude’s most beloved print, the scene suceedes in conveying the atmosphere of an afternoon by a river, with all the poetry and harmony of pastoral life.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Claude Lorrain
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Title
- The Cowherd
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1636
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Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 12.6 × 19.5 cm (5 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet, cut within platemark: 13.1 × 20.1 cm (5 3/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1938.1494
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/28401/manifest.json