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Erminia and the Shepherds (a scene from Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata)

1650–1700
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Erminia and the Shepherds (a scene from Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata)
  • Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century
  • Date: 1650–1700
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk on light tan paper
  • Dimensions: 8-15/16 x 8-15/16 in. (22.7 x 22.7 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
  • Object Number: 80.3.307
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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