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

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plaatrand: hoogte 208 mm x breedte 259 mm

Art Historical Context

Richard Earlom's *Liber Veritatis, or a Collection of Two Prints, after the original designs of Claude le Lain* (dated December 3, 1776) is a exquisite etching measuring 208 mm high by 259 mm wide. As part of a monumental series published in London, this print faithfully reproduces one of the compositional drawings from Claude Lorrain's own *Liber Veritatis*a 17th-centurybook the French Baroque master created to document his landscape paintings and combat rampant forgeries. Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), celebrated for his luminous, idealized views of the Roman countryside bathed in golden li...

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...