Cowherd, at Water's Edge
1890
Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper; eighth state of eight
Dimensions
sheet: 10 15/16 x 7 11/16 in. (27.8 x 19.5 cm) plate: 7 13/16 x 5 1/4 in. (19.8 x 13.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund and Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, 1922
Accession Number
22.60.17
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About the Artist
Camille Pissarro · 1831–1903
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) stands as the patriarch of Impressionism, the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions and a mentor whose influence shaped the trajectory of modern art. Born Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to a Jewish-Portuguese merchant family, he abandoned the family business to pursue painting, eventually settling in Paris i...