Claude Lorrain,French,1604/05?-1682,The Ford,possibly 1636?,medium-oil on canvas
This picture is accurately recorded in Claude's Liber Veritatis, the book of drawings the painter made to record his compositions and to protect himself against forgers and imitators.On the back of the drawing Claude noted that the picture was made in Paris,but the client is not named.In the eighteenth century this painting belonged to Dr Richard Mead,the famous collector in London.Then it was called Morning and was paired with another Claude landscape entitled Evening which was not conceived as its pendant.
Claude Lorrain,French,1604/05?-1682,The Ford,possibly 1636?,medium-oil on canvas
This picture is accurately recorded in Claude's Liber Veritatis, the book of drawings the painter made to record his compositions and to protect himself against forgers and imitators.On the back of the drawing Claude noted that the picture was made in Paris,but the client is not named.In the eighteenth century this painting belonged to Dr Richard Mead,the famous collector in London.Then it was called Morning and was paired with another Claude landscape entitled Evening which was not conceived as its pendant.