An Old Shepherd
1722
Artist, Italian, 1680 - 1757
Artwork overview
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Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut, three woodcuts in light blue, pink, and red on laid paper with gilt edges mounted on laid paper with wash borders
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/block: 17.4 × 11.8 cm (6 7/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1952.8.486.22
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 22
Associated Artworks
See all 49 artworksA Genie Aloft
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1722
Madonna and Child, Saint Stephen, Another Saint, and a Young Man or Woman
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1722
Saint Sebastian
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1723
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790-1876) [bookplate]. (Pierre Berès Inc., New York); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia, PA, purchased 1952; gift to NGA, 1952.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1957
The Life of Christ in Prints, 14 venue touring exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts (J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI; Time, Inc., New York, NY; Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA; Wells College, Aurora, NY; Mississippi Art Association, Jackson, MS; Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Alberta, Canada; Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada; Sackville Art Association, New Brunswick, Canada; and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada), 1957-1960, no cat.
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.
Inscriptions
Inscription in lower left, "P. Inv. AMZ. Del. et Sculp." with the date "1722" in lower right; on mount, at lower center, in black ink, in later hand: 23; on mount, at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: B.22; verso: none
Markings
"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65222370