Landschap met rustende herders met kudde

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blad: hoogte 68 mm (binnen plaatrand afgesneden) x breedte 83 mm (binnen plaatrand afgesneden)

Art Historical Context

In the intimate etching *Landschap met rust herders met kudde (Landscape with Resting Shepherds and Flock), by Pierre Quentin Chedel 1725 and 1763, visitors are invited into a serene pastoral scene. This small-scale work, measuring just 68 mm high by 83 mm wide (med within the plate mark), captures shepherds pausing amid their flock in a tranquil rural landscape—a motif evoking the timeless idyll of country life. Chedel, a lesser-known 18th-century etcher, draws on the enduring European fascination with nature's gentle rhythms during the Rococo era, when such vignettes offered an escape from u...

About the Artist

Pierre Quentin Chedel · 1705–1762

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