Wooded landscape with a shepherd seated by a stream
Wooded landscape with a shepherd seated by a stream

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Wooded landscape with a shepherd seated by a stream,

1776

Salomon Gessner, Swiss, 1730–1788
2016-91

Information

Title
Wooded landscape with a shepherd seated by a stream
Dates

1776

Maker
Salomon Gessner
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, with white heightening
Dimensions
23.3 × 20.1 cm (9 3/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2016-91
Place Made

Europe, Switzerland, Zurich

Signatures
Signed and dated, lower right: S. Gessner 1776
Culture
Swiss
Type
drawings
Materials
ink, laid paper, wash
Techniques
heightening
Subject
shepherds, trees, forests, figures (representations), streams, landscapes (representations)

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