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.
Jacquard-woven as a soft, double-sided tapestry throw with fringed edges — a warm layer for the sofa or bed.
