Liber Veritatis. Or a Collection of Two Hundred Prints, after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain (...)
1776-01-01
Medium
etching
Dimensions
208; 258
About this artwork
height 208 mm x width 258 mm
Art Historical Context
This 1776 etching by Richard Earlom forms part of his celebrated publication *Liber Veritatis a series of two hundred faithfully reproducing the drawings of the seventeenth-century French landscape master Claude Lorrain. Earlom, a leading British printmaker, translated Claude’s delicate ink-and-wash studies into etched lines that captured the luminous and balanced compositions for which the original artist was renowned. Measuring just 208 by 258 millimetres, each sheet was designed to be intimate yet precise, allowing viewers to study Claude’s compositional ideas at close range. Claude himsel...
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...