Liber Veritatis - Plate 34

Liber Veritatis - Plate 34  is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist Ludovico Caracciolo , after Claudio di Lorena .

This old master's original print is a beautiful artist proof , the 34th plate from the series Liber Veritatis , published in Rome in 1815 by Francesco Bourlié. Representing a terrifying storming seaside with ruins, this aquatint by  Ludovico Caracciolo (engraver)  was inspired by the production of the French painter  Claude Lorrain ( draftsman) .   Signed and numbered at the bottom of the plate “ Claudio di Lorena inv., L. Caracciolo F .”.

In very good conditions, except for a restored rip of the paper on the lower margin at the center.

Ludovico Caracciolo (Rome, 1761-1841)

Roman landscapist and engraver, specialized in architectural drawings and panoramas of the Eternal City, Caracciolo loved travelling and drawing the most beautiful scenes he saw along the way. He became a protégé of Elizabeth Foster , the second wife of the fifth Duke of Devonshire , William Cavendish, and had the opportunity to publish a set of prints inspired by Claude Lorrain‘s works, collected in the  Liber Veritatis , Rome, Francesco Bourlié, 1815 (now in the collection of the  British Museum).