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Ideal Landscape with Sleeping Shepherd and Sheep

Attributed to Heinrich Theodor Wehle German
n.d.
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ideal Landscape with Sleeping Shepherd and Sheep
  • Artist: Attributed to Heinrich Theodor Wehle (German, Förstgen at Niesky 1778–1805 Bautzen)
  • Date: n.d.
  • Medium: Etching; proof state?
  • Dimensions: sheet: 19 3/4 x 24 9/16 in. (50.2 x 62.4 cm)
    plate: 15 3/16 x 19 3/16 in. (38.6 x 48.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2010
  • Object Number: 2010.371
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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