A Seated Italian Shepherd with a Small Child on his lap; verso: A Southern Landscape with a Woman Carrying a Jar on her Head

Franz Theobald Horny German

ca. 1820

Not on view

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Title: A Seated Italian Shepherd with a Small Child on his lap; verso: A Southern Landscape with a Woman Carrying a Jar on her Head
Artist: Franz Theobald Horny (German, Weimar 1798–1824 Rome)
Date: ca. 1820
Medium: Pen and brown ink; verso: pen and brown ink, over graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 3/8 in. (21.5 × 16.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, David Lachenmann and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2014
Object Number: 2014.150
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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