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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Jacques d'Arthois Flemish
Publisher Pieter van Avont Flemish
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Two shepherds, one reclining on the ground and the other standing, are tending cows and pigs.
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Title: Pigherder and Cowherd Conversing in a Clearing
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Jacques d'Arthois (Flemish, 1613–ca. 1686)
Publisher:
Pieter van Avont (Flemish, 1599–1652)
Date: 1648–50
Medium: Etching, state cannot be determined due to trimming of sheet
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 13/16 × 8 5/16 in. (14.7 × 21.1 cm)
cut below the borderline
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.1379
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