Shepherd Speaking to a Peasant Woman

Italienische Grafik 1747–1775, 1760/1764

The image shows two full-body figures and a donkey. On the left, a person is reclining on the donkey. This person wears a hat and has a broad smile. They wear a long-sleeved shirt and pants. To the right, a woman stands with her back to the viewer, wearing a dress, headscarf, and balancing a basket on her head containing a bird. There is a ladder, a stone wall, a small window in the background, and grass and plants in the foreground. The scene is set against a stone building.
Artist
Italienische Grafik 1747–1775
Date
1760/1764
Type
Print
Medium
etching heightened with white gouache on blue laid paper
Dimensions
24.5 × 19 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

The image shows two full-body figures and a donkey. On the left, a person is reclining on the donkey. This person wears a hat and has a broad smile. They wear a long-sleeved shirt and pants. To the right, a woman stands with her back to the viewer, wearing a dress, headscarf, and balancing a basket on her head containing a bird. There is a ladder, a stone wall, a small window in the background, and grass and plants in the foreground. The scene is set against a stone building.

Italienische Grafik 1747–1775