The Ford (Le passage du gué)

Claude Lorrain, 1634

The image is an etching featuring a scene with fine lines. The horizon is high, with trees dominating the center. The linework provides texture to the trees, foliage, and figures. The color palette is monochrome, with varying line density creating contrast and shading. In the foreground, goats are near water, and two figures stand in conversation. Another figure is seated. Trees frame the middle distance, with birds in the sky.

Művész: Claude Lorrain
Datálás: 1634
Műfaj: Grafika
Technika: etching
Gyűjtemény: National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licenc: Közkincs, CC0

Képleírás

The image is an etching featuring a scene with fine lines. The horizon is high, with trees dominating the center. The linework provides texture to the trees, foliage, and figures. The color palette is monochrome, with varying line density creating contrast and shading. In the foreground, goats are near water, and two figures stand in conversation. Another figure is seated. Trees frame the middle distance, with birds in the sky.

Claude Lorrain