1650
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1650 by Claude Lorrain, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet countryside scene with soft, faded browns and whites. A small village sits near a river, where a lone boat drifts by a dock. Trees and hills frame the view, and the sky is light, almost sketchy. The drawing feels loose and quick, like a first draft. The artist used simple lines to suggest shapes instead of filling in details. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build texture with lines.
The work is a sepia drawing depicting a landscape featuring a fortified castle in the middle distance, mountains in the background, and a small stream flowing over uneven terrain in the foreground, where a lightning-struck tree is visible. It was later recorded in the third volume of the *Liber Veritatis* through an engraving. The drawing passed through the collections of Jonathan Richardson the younger and Charles Lambert before entering the Duke of Devonshire's holdings.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Claude Lorrain (French: ; born Claude Gellée , called le Lorrain in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c.
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