The Vision
An etching of a wooded riverbank, with tall trees filling the right side and a small standing figure near their base. To the left, calm water and distant towers fade into a pale, hazy sky, with birds gathering at the shore.
Look closer: A flock of birds or ducks gathers at the water's edge in the lower left.
- Artist
- Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
- Date
- ca. 1630
- Medium
- Etching; first state of five (Mannocci)
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3963 × 2473 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1635).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Paul J. Sachs, 1917