Shepherd Carving an Inscription on Tree Trunk with Figures and Sheep in Background

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Agostino Tassi

Title

Shepherd Carving an Inscription on Tree Trunk with Figures and Sheep in Background

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1500–1650

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with traces of graphite, on blue laid paper (faded to brown), laid down on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

27.5 × 25.8 cm (10 7/8 × 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.3262

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