A shepherd holding a lion on a leash in the foreground, in the middle ground the shepherd stands in a meadow surrounded by wild beasts, in the background the shepherd is seated on a rock with the lion at his side; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi

Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi|Nicolas Le Sueur|Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus

ca. 1729–64 · Etching and aquatint with tone woodblock · Drawings and Prints

A shepherd holding a lion on a leash in the foreground, in the middle ground the shepherd stands in a meadow surrounded by wild beasts, in the background the shepherd is seated on a rock with the lion at his side; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi — Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi|Nicolas Le Sueur|Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus

Etching by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de Caylus, woodcut by Nicolas Le Sueur.

Artist
Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi|Nicolas Le Sueur|Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus
Date
ca. 1729–64
Medium
Etching and aquatint with tone woodblock
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960
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