Resting Herdsman
c. 1760s
Artist, French, 1740 - 1812
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper [proof]
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Credit Line
Gift of James A. Bergquist, Boston, in honor of Shelley R.Langdale
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Dimensions
plate: 12.1 × 26.7 cm (4 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
sheet: 14.1 × 28.4 cm (5 9/16 × 11 3/16 in.) -
Accession
2020.149.24
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Catalogue Raisonné
Baudicour, no. 18, undesc. proof state
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); gift to NGA, 2020.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1859
de Baudicour, Prosper. Le peintre-graveur français continué, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française nés dans le XVIIIe siècle. Paris, 186: no. 18, undesc. state
Inscriptions
lower right in image: Loutherboug; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 792; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Le Blanc 7 / Rg B1 / 703
Watermarks
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