A man on a donkey and a woman with livestock meet at a drinking fountain. Etching after N. Berchem.

  • Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683.
Date:
[1760?]
Reference:
2474157i
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Description

Left, a woman with cattle and sheep. One of the cattle drinks water from the fountain. Right, a man on a donkey, which sports an elaborate head-dress: the woman's sheep-dog plays with the man's riding whip. Set in Italy

Publication/Creation

[London] : Major exc, [1760?]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 28.2 x 37.8 cm

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Lettering

Diversa animalia quadrupedia. C Berghem delin. The Latin lettering is engraved as if it were an inscription on a wall around an old Roman water-fountain

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2474157i

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