Landscape with Shepherdess and Herd at a Watering Hole

1760s(?)

Domenico Bernardo Zilotti

Associated Names
Domenico Bernardo Zilotti

Artist, Italian, 1730 - 1795

The image depicts a landscape scene viewed from above eye level. In the distance, there is a line of trees creating a horizon, with swirling clouds and birds in the sky. Close by, there are hills, cows being led, and two figures sitting on a rocky outcrop. The artist uses detailed linework and cross-hatching for texture, particularly in foliage and rocks. The image is rendered in monochromatic tones, black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • Dimensions

    plate: 38 × 48.1 cm (14 15/16 × 18 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.4 × 600 cm (18 11/16 × 236 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.55.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 2?

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 2?

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Zilotti inv. et inc.; lower center in plate: Guida ad abbeverar la Pastorella L'armento e porge al suo bambino il latte / Venetiis cum Privilegio Excellentiss: Senactus

Wikidata ID

Q77008399

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