The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 15, 2026

A vertically oriented cliché-verre print in black ink with dense, scratchy lines depicts a landscape framed by tall trees. On the right, a nude man with light skin stands on a large rock, his form suggested with brief strokes as he plays a flute. Thin, arched trunks stretch across a bright central opening. In the middle ground, small animals graze near rocky outcrops beneath thick, splotchy foliage and textured foreground shadows.

The Little Shepherd

original impression 1855, printed in 1921

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

(French, 1796–1875)
France, 19th century
cliché-verre
Sheet: 35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.); Image: 32.4 x 24.5 cm (12 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1925.552
Catalogue raisonné: Delteil 49
Location: Not on view
  • The Graphic Art of the Barbizon School. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-May 17, 1987).
    Barbizon School. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-March 3, 1963).
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