La rentrée du troupeau (The Return of the Flock)
Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 21.59 × 33.66 cm (8 1/2 × 13 1/4 in.) sheet: 36.35 × 50.48 cm (14 5/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)
Accession Number
2015.143.113
Art Historical Context
**La rentrée du troupeau (The Return of the Flock)**, created by Canadian-born artist Robert J. Wickenden in 1893, is a evocative lithograph depicting the gentle homecoming of a pastoral flock—likely sheep—against a late 19th-century rural backdrop. Wickenden, active in the transatlantic art scene, specialized in serene landscapes and animal subjects, capturing the quiet rhythms of countryside life during an era when urbanization was rapidly transforming Europe and North America. This print, with its intimate scale (image: 21.59 × 33.66 cm), invites viewers to pause and appreciate the timeless...