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The image shows a landscape scene with figures and animals on rocky terrain. The horizon line is at the top, dividing clouds from the landscape below. A man gestures towards a flock of sheep on a winding path. A figure leads the flock, and a woman rides a donkey on a rock. The scene suggests rugged travel, with a delicate, monochromatic color palette.
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The image shows a landscape scene with figures and animals on rocky terrain. The horizon line is at the top, dividing clouds from the landscape below. A man gestures towards a flock of sheep on a winding path. A figure leads the flock, and a woman rides a donkey on a rock. The scene suggests rugged travel, with a delicate, monochromatic color palette.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Pastoral Journey with a Mother and Child on Horesback and an Elderly Shepherd Seated

Gaetano Zompini, after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Date
1758/1759
Medium
etching in sanguine on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 28.9 x 42.9 cm (11 3/8 x 16 7/8 in.) sheet: 31.9 x 47 cm (12 9/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2009.93.8
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Varii Capricci e Paesi

Subjects and terms

  • Mother and Child
  • Tree
  • Costume
  • Sheep
  • Figures
Inscription

lower right in plate: G BENED CASTILIONVS / GEVESIS

NGA object ID 144592. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.