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Shepherds in a Landscape

Shepherds in a Landscape

c. 1517
(Italian, 1482–1515)
(Italian, 1500–1564)
Italy, 16th century
engraving
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1948.12
Catalogue raisonné: Hind V(II).196.6 ; Bartsch XIII.383.9 ; Passavant V.168.9 ; Hind (B.M) 499.11-9
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This composition was begun by Giulio Campagnola, who made the landscape, and finished by his son, Domenico, who completed the figures.

Description

This depiction of a group of shepherds seated in a landscape is a pictorial manifestation of Arcadia. Two different artists completed the composition—the son (Domenico) of the original artist (Giulio) added the shepherds playing instruments to his father’s landscape— and their distinctive styles can be observed on the right and left sides. Such “pastoral concerts” posed contrasts between urban and pastoral worlds. The spatial layout of this image is ambiguous, offering less a natural experience of landscape than an atmospheric, constructed space full of delicate surfaces, patterns, and lines.
  • ?–1948
    (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    January 28, 1948–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; August 25-October 27, 2002. "Early Italian Engravings: 1460s - 1530s."
    Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 1980-February 15, 1981).
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  • {{cite web|title=Shepherds in a Landscape|url=false|author=Giulio Campagnola, Domenico Campagnola|year=c. 1517|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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