A shepherd holding a lion on a leash in the foreground, in the middle ground the shepherd stands in a meadow surrounded by wild beasts, in the background the shepherd is seated on a rock with the lion at his side; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi
Etching by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de Caylus, woodcut by Nicolas Le Sueur.
Artwork Details
- Title: A shepherd holding a lion on a leash in the foreground, in the middle ground the shepherd stands in a meadow surrounded by wild beasts, in the background the shepherd is seated on a rock with the lion at his side; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi
- Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris)
- Artist: Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691–1764)
- Artist: After Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Ancaiano 1481–1536 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1729–64
- Medium: Etching and aquatint with tone woodblock
- Dimensions: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 1/4 in. (53 × 38.8 cm)
Plate: 12 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (32.8 × 20.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960
- Object Number: 60.708(3)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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