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Sheep Shearing (La tonte des moutons)

Maker

After
(artist)
1568-1625

(etcher)
1750/59 - 1835? (Life dates)

(engraver)
1745-1807

Title

Sheep Shearing (La tonte des moutons)

Date of Production

1786 - 1808

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 41.8 cm
Width: 26.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6987.177

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
Fig. p. no. 73 (Dequevauviller)

Inscriptions

Inscription: Gravé par F. Dequevaiuvillier. //

Inscription: Gravé à l'Eau forte par J. Couché. / LA TONTE DES MOUTONS / De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans. / ÉCOLE FLAMANDE. / I. TABLEAU DE JEAN BREUGHEL (...) //

Inscription: J. BREUGHEL / Duke of Orleans Coll. 1786 //

Inscription: Peint par P. Breughel //

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