Claude Lorrain - The Cowherd | Fine Art Poster

Etched in 1636 and held in major collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Gallery of Art, The Cowherd shows a reclining herdsman playing music while his cattle ford a winding river beneath an open, sunlit sky. It has long been regarded by print collectors as one of the high points of Claude Lorrain's work with the etching needle. In a small, exquisitely worked sheet, it condenses his pastoral vision of unhurried figures at peace within a luminous, idealized version of the Roman countryside.

Printed with archival giclée inks on smooth, acid-free 220 gsm gallery-grade fine-art paper; available in multiple sizes.