Boy on a Donkey Driving a Flock

1763

Francesco Londonio

Associated Names
Francesco Londonio

Artist, Italian, 1723 - 1783

The image depicts a group of sheep with a man riding a donkey slightly behind them. In the background, there is a rustic structure among trees, suggesting a rural setting. The artwork is detailed with stippling and etching techniques, emphasizing textures. The color scheme is muted with shades of gray and earth tones. The sheep have distinctive curled horns, and the background shows faint silhouettes of trees and structures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching heightened with white on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.9 × 24.5 cm (7 7/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.4 × 41 cm (11 3/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.19.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Scola 1994, no. 43, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

A. Thompson Ellwanger III and Gregory Mescha, Baltimore; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Scola, Monica. Catalogo ragionato delle incisioni di Francesco Londonio. Milan, 1994: no.43, ii/iii

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: 9. Fran Londonio Fec.

Wikidata ID

Q76339805

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