Landscape with a Goatherd and a Drover
mid-18th century
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 6 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (16.9 x 13.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.3595
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Art Historical Context
**Landscape with a Goatherd and Drover** Created in the mid-18th by Charles François César Leier, Marquis de Montmirail, this delicate etching captures the serene charm of rural French life. As a nobleman-turned-artist, Montmirail produced intimate prints like this one, measuring just 6 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches, ideal for collectors' albums or private study.oused in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department—thanks to the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund of 1917—it exemplifies the era's fascination with pastoral scenes amid the elegance of the Rococo period. The composition centers ...