April 17, 2024
Marvelous Pastoral Scene with Animals, a Battle, and a Port View, Claude Lorrain
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Horatio at the Bridge, in an Italianate Landscape, Beautiful Old Master Print 1776 after Claude Lorrain This wonderful sepia-inked mezzotint print, dated January 1, 1776, shows, in the foreground, a herdsman and his wife moving their animals along: cows, sheep, and a goat. But it's not an image of pastoral tranquility: in the middle distance, a violent and bloody battle is being fought on a bridge, perhaps an evocation of the Roman general Horatio's famous battle of the 6th century B.C. And then, in the far distance, there is a lovely Mediterranean walled port with ships floating on water. It's really a philosophical statement about the issues that get us all riled up! The whole composition is a total delight. Note that the general effect of this beautiful image is that of an old master drawing. The print is based on an image by the great Claude Lorrain (1602-1682) but the print itself was done in England in the late 18th century by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) and published by the famous and prolific engraver John Boydell (1719-1804). Boydell and Earlom were noted for their versions of paintings by Claude, who was very much loved and appreciated in England. Original prints by Earlom and Boydell in this style are very much in demand, and I think you can see why. An acquatint of Boydell's after Claude Lorrain, of similar dimensions,
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