The Ford (painting)

The Ford
Artist	Claude Lorrain
Year	1644;381 years ago (1644)
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	68 cm× 99 cm(27 in× 39 in)
Location	Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Ford or Landscape with Shepherds is a 1644 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Claude Lorrain, now in the Prado Museum, in Madrid.

It was recorded in 1746 in the collection of Philip V of Spain in the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso. It was in the Royal Palace of Aranjuez from at least 1794 until at least 1827.

Bibliography

• (in Spanish) Luna, Juan José (1984). Claudio de Lorena y el ideal clásico de paisaje en el siglo XVII. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Archivos. ISBN   84-500-9899-8.
• (in Spanish) Röthlisberger, Marcel; Cecchi, Doretta (1982). La obra pictórica completa de Claudio de Lorena. Barcelona: Noguer. ISBN   84-279-8770-6.
• (in Spanish) Sureda, Joan (2001). Summa Pictorica VI. La fastuosidad de lo Barroco. Barcelona: Planeta. ISBN   84-08-36134-1.