Italian Landscape with a Pair of Shepherds

1795

Johann Heinrich Meyer

Associated Names
Johann Heinrich Meyer

Artist, Swiss, 1783 - 1832

The image shows a view among large trees. The horizon is not clearly visible due to the dense tree cover. In the distance, there is a field leading to hills with a structure resembling a temple. The brushstrokes are detailed, with intricate details in foliage and bark. The color scheme is monochromatic, with contrasts of light and shadow in black, white, and grey. The scene includes two figures in a sunlit glade among the trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 53.1 × 41.1 cm (20 7/8 × 16 3/16 in.) (trimmed)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.377

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(August Laube Buch- und Kunstantiquariat, Zurich); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 1, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

below image, at bottom left: Ioh: Heinrich Meyer inven: et fc: 1795; on verso, at bottom left, in graphite: S. No / 67 / U1 126; at bottom right, in graphite: LK / U (?)

Wikidata ID

Q76556766

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