Shepherdess

1861

Adolphe Appian

Associated Names
Adolphe Appian

Artist, French, 1818 - 1898

The image shows a pastoral scene with a shepherd standing and sheep grazing in the foreground. The landscape in the distance includes hints of dwellings and trees. The horizon divides the land and sky with fine, detailed etching brushstrokes. The color palette is monochromatic, primarily black and white. The sky has cloudy details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 5.5 × 8.7 cm (2 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 21 × 32 cm (8 1/4 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.88.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Curtis/Prouté 1968, no. 8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2014 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Curtis, Atherton and Paul Proute. Adolphe Appian, son oeuvre grave et lithographie. Paris: Paul Proute, 1968: no. 8

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite:

Wikidata ID

Q77007184

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