Liber Veritatis. Or a Collection of Two Hundred Prints, after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain (...)

About this artwork

Vanaf 1774 publiceerde John Boydell tweehonderd prenten naar het tekeningenboek Liber Veritatis van Claude Lorrain, in het bezit van de hertogen van Cavendish. Deze prenten werden vanaf 1777 in twee volumes gebundeld uitgegeven.

Art Historical Context

**Liber Veritatis: A Tribute to Claude Lorrain** This etching, created by Richard Earlom in 1774, is one of two hundred prints from *Liber Veritatis, or a Collection of Two Prints, after the Original of Claude le Lorrain*. Measuring 207mm by 258mm, it reproduces drawings from Claude Lorrain renowned sketchbook, *Liber Veritatis* ("Book of Truth"), owned by Dukes of Cavendish., a 17th-century French Baroque master of luminous landscapes, used this personal album to document his oil paintings, safeguarding his compositions against forgery with precise red-chalk drawings. Published starting in ...

About the Artist

Richard Earlom · 1728–1794

Richard Earlom (1743–1822) stands as one of the supreme masters of mezzotint engraving in British art history, whose technical virtuosity and dedication to reproductive printmaking brought the works of Old Masters to unprecedented audiences. Born in London on May 14, 1743, Earlom spent his entire career transforming paintings and drawings into prints of extraordinary quality, elevating reproductiv...