Two Shepherds
1724
Artist, Italian, c. 1690 - c. 1770
Giovanni Antonio Faldoni
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving (acquaforte) on laid paper with gilt edges mounted on laid paper with wash borders
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/block: 23.8 × 16.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
1952.8.486.49
Associated Artworks
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790-1876) [bookplate]. (Pierre Berès Inc., New York); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia, PA, purchased 1952; gift to NGA, 1952.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
Inscription below, "Francisci Parmensis Schedam hanc, quam possideo, et lineamentis / expono Amice dilectissime Petre Crozat, tibi humiliter devoveo 1724." At bottom left, "Ioan. Antonius Faldoni Sculpsit.", at bottom right, "Antonius M.a Zanetti."; on mount, at lower center, in black ink, in later hand: 49; verso: none
Markings
"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65226115