Exhibition curator and student in the Williams College/Clark Graduate Program in the History of Art William Satloff introduces the concept of the pastoral landscape. Surveying the rich array of books, drawings, paintings, and prints presented in the exhibition, Satloff explores how leading artists of the Baroque and Rococo periods envisioned the idyllic lives of shepherds.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.

Image: Claude Lorrain, Landscape with the Voyage of Jacob (detail), 1677, oil on canvas. The Clark, 1918, 1955.42