Flock of Sheep Resting

1668/1670

Johann Heinrich Roos

Artist, German, 1631 - 1685

Johann Heinrich Roos

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of James A. Bergquist, Boston, in honor of Shelley R.Langdale

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.5 × 20.8 cm (7 11/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.6 × 17 cm (8 1/8 × 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.149.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802 - 1821, no. 27, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    Différents animaux


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 27, i//

1870

  • Andresen, Andreas. Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler. Leipzig, 1870 - 1873: no. 3 (10) i/vi

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in graphite: B 27; by later hand, lower verso in graphite: B 27; Roos; f. 1959


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