Artist: Claude Lorrain (1600 - 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman, and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in Italy and is one of the earliest influential artists, apart from his contemporaries in Dutch Golden Age painting, to concentrate on landscape painting.
Title: The Goatherd.
Inscribed in the lower left corner: 'R 1663. A.G.' (barely legible).
Dimensions: Image 6 1/2" x 8 7/8".
Publisher: John McCreery, English publisher and printer (1768-1832).
Edition: A Collection of Original Etchings. Published by McCreery. London, 1816. The original copper plates were believed to have been destroyed after this publication.
Date: 1663 (plate).
Materials and Techniques: etching on a thin lightweight paper pasted onto the backing sheet at four corners.
Mat and Frame: backing sheet.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Wrinkles to corners. L.r. corner was cut off and glued back. Stains to the right edge. A close tear to the u.r. corner. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum M,12.43. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1986.1180.1418.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.