Shepherdess Riding on a Donkey, plate 2 from Four Landscapes

Prints and Drawings

c. 1649-58

Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658)
after Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1620-1683)

A celebrated professional engraver and draftsman, Cornelis Visscher II produced almost 200 engravings in a mere 10 years of artistic activity, including portraits and genre scenes of his own design. He is known for his firm rendering of forms, as evidenced here by the warming sunlight that falls along the contours of the woman’s face and body, shading the donkey on which she sits. A tender gesture between man and woman heightens the sense of drama in an otherwise placid pastoral scene.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Cornelis Visscher
Title: Shepherdess Riding on a Donkey, plate 2 from Four Landscapes
Place: Holland (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1650–1660
Medium: Etching and ngraving on paper
Dimensions: 26.5 × 21.3 cm (10 7/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Horace S. Oakley
Reference Number: 1923.1012
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