Sleeping Shepherd, Two Calves, and a Peasant Woman

1762/1763

Francesco Londonio

Associated Names
Francesco Londonio

Artist, Italian, 1723 - 1783

This is a drawing of two cows and two figures in a pastoral setting. The scene depicts two cows standing in a grassy area, with one cow slightly turned towards the other. In the foreground, there is a figure kneeling down, holding a long stick or staff. Another figure stands behind the first one. The landscape is simple, with faint outlines of foliage. The drawing employs a detailed line work technique, suggesting careful attention to texture and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with white heightening on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.1 × 24.5 cm (7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.6 × 41 cm (11 1/4 × 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.19.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Scola 1994, no. 41, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

A. Thompson Ellwanger III and Gregory Mescha, Baltimore; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Scola, Monica. Catalogo ragionato delle incisioni di Francesco Londonio. Milan, 1994: no. 41, ii/iii

Inscriptions

upper left in image: 7.

Wikidata ID

Q76339800

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