Shepherd Pointing Out the Direction to a Shepherdess

1762

Francesco Londonio

Associated Names
Francesco Londonio

Artist, Italian, 1723 - 1783

This is a drawing of farm animals in a pastoral scene. The drawing shows a cow, sheep, and a goat on a path or area. The cow is in the center with other animals around. There is a tree with sparse foliage on the right side, grassy details in the foreground and near the animals.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching heightened with white gouache on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.6 x 25.7 cm (7 11/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.5 x 40.8 cm (11 1/4 x 16 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.60.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Scola 1994, no. 36, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    Twelve Etchings Dedicated to Cavalier Dundas

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. A. Thompson Ellwanger III and Mr. Gregory Mescha, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Scola, Monica. Catalogo ragionato delle incisioni di Francesco Londonio. Milan, 1994.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: F Londonio in f 1762

Wikidata ID

Q76339774

You may be interested in

Loading Results