Shepherds in a Landscape
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 13.3 x 25.5 cm (5 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.2697
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the National Gallery of, where *Shepherds in a* (c. 1517) offers a serene glimpse into the Venetian Renaissance. Created by the father-son duo Giulio Campagnola, a pioneering engraver, and Domenico Campagnola, this engraving (13.3 x 25.5 cm) captures pastoral shepherds amid a lush, rolling landscape. Produced during the early 16th century, reflects the era's fascination with idyllic rural scenes, evoking classical ideals of harmony between humanity and nature. Engraving, the medium here, was a transformative intaglio technique: artists incised fine lines into a copper plate, inked ...