Shepherds Following Their Flock
c. 1655
Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 25 x 37.1 cm (9 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
sheet: 25.5 x 37.4 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1999.78.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 30
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Justinius Kerner, Budapest (Lugt 1567b). (Olimpia Theodoli, London); purchased 1999 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2012
The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.
1982
Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Milan, 1982.
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: G. Benedetto Cast[iglione]; by later hand lower center verso, in graphite: SN-; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: B N.30, Castiglione fec
Watermarks
Fleur-de-lis in a circle
Wikidata ID
Q75424085