A Shepherd and a Young Woman With Their Feet in a Brook

Provenance

Unidentified collector (blind stamp, EM, Lugt 885); Prof. Dr. Richard Jung, probably Switzerland or Germany [1911-1986] (Lugt undescribed); (Lutz Riester), Switzerland; purchased 1996 by NGA.

A Shepherd and a Young Woman With Their Feet in a Brook

Gessner, Salomon

1764

Accession Number

1996.12.4

Medium

etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

Dimensions

plate: 20.7 x 19 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.) | sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund