Plate 6, from The Set of 12 Pastorals Scenes
Francesco Londonio
1762-63
Medium
Etching in black, with white opaque watercolor on blue wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 19.6 × 25.9 cm (7 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 28.7 × 41.2 cm (11 5/16 × 16 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
262686
About the Artist
Francesco Londonio
Francesco Londonio (1723–1783), born into a noble Milanese family as the fourth of seven siblings, emerged as one of the 18th century's most prolific interpreters of rural life in Lombardy. He trained under the painters Ferdinando Porta and Giovanni Battista Sassi in Milan, accompanying Porta to Parma where Correggio's works left a lasting impression, and later studied etching techniques with Beni...