Cephalus and Procris after Claude Lorrain - Chattock Etching - 1876
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Original etching by Richard Samuel Chattock (1825-1906) after Claude Lorrain's composition of the death of Procris. In a wooded landscape at dusk, Cephalus laments beside the body of his wife, whom he has wounded by mistake during a hunt.
Original etching by Richard Samuel Chattock (1825-1906) after Claude Lorrain's composition of the death of Procris. In a wooded landscape at dusk, Cephalus laments beside the body of his wife, whom he has wounded by mistake during a hunt.
The subject comes from Ovid's Metamorphoses; the source painting, now given to Claude's workshop, is in the National Gallery, London. The impression is signed in the copper, "Claude" at the left and "R.S. Chattock" at the right, and keeps wide wove-paper margins.
Medium: Etching on wove paper, signed in the copper.
Artist / after: After Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée, c. 1600-1682).
Engraver: Richard Samuel Chattock (1825-1906).
Date: 1876.
Dimensions: 9.4 x 13.8 in (24 x 35 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with wide margins and a well-marked plate mark.
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Original etching by Richard Samuel Chattock (1825-1906) after Claude Lorrain's composition of the death of Procris. In a wooded landscape at dusk, Cephalus laments beside the body of his wife, whom he has wounded by mistake during a hunt.