1776
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Liber Veritatis: No. 135, A Landscape, with Buildings, Mercury Stealing Admetuss' Cattle from Apollo is a 1776 by Richard Earlom, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a quiet countryside scene with a few sheep grazing near a river. A person sits on a rock by the water, playing a flute. In the background, there’s a large, twisting tree and some buildings that look like a small village or estate. The person playing the flute is actually Mercury, the Roman messenger god, sneaking cattle in this story. The artist made the scene feel peaceful, even though the story is about trickery. Next, look up The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works like this.
Richard Earlom (1743–1822) was a British artist, born in London.
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