Peasant Teasing a Sleeping Girl with a Twig

1763

Francesco Londonio

Associated Names
Francesco Londonio

Artist, Italian, 1723 - 1783

This is a drawing of two individuals in a pastoral setting with sheep. The image shows two figures, possibly a man and a woman, dressed in period clothing. The man holds a staff and stands near the seated woman, who is focused on something in her hands. On the ground, there are a cylindrical container and a shallow bowl. Two sheep are lying on the grass behind them, with rolling hills and sparse trees in the background. The drawing style features fine lines and shading to emphasize details in the clothing and landscape texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching heightened with white gouache on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19 x 14.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.7 x 41.2 cm (11 5/16 x 16 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.60.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Scola 1994, no. 44, State i/ii

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: 10; upper right in plate: Fran. Londonio in. F. Romae 1763

Wikidata ID

Q76339809

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