A herder resting with his flock of goats near a river. Etching and aquatint by J. B. Leprince, 1769.

  • Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781.
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1769
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42298i
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A young boy sleeps next to the goatherd. In the right distance are grazing cattle and sheep

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1769

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1 print : etching, with aquatint

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Le Prince 1769

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Yves Sjöberg, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome 14,.Paris 1977, p. 471, no. 138 ("Ile pastorale" . A g., deux bergers gardent un troupeau. Le plus âgé est assis de dos; le plus jeune dort. Au milieu, sur une butte, une chèvre et trois moutons. Dans le fond, à dr., des vaches et des brebis se désaltèrent à un ruisseau. Signé en bas, dans l'angle g. : "Le Prince, 1769" . Aquatinte. H. 0 m 228 X L. 0 m 310. Etat sépia clair avant la lettre, … in-fol. L'état décrit, Ibidem. Hédou, 161.")

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