1634
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Ford (Le passage du gué) is a 1634 ink by Claude Lorrain, a Baroque work, depicting Hunting, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a serene landscape with a ford, where people are crossing a river. It's an etching, which is a technique that involves scratching a design into a metal plate. The artist used this technique to create a lot of detail and texture in the scene, like the trees and the water. You can look up the technique: etching.
Claude Lorrain (French: ; born Claude Gellée , called le Lorrain in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c.
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