Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Date: 1640
Size: 48 x 43 cm
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
Technique: Oil On Copper
A shepherd seems to guide his flock of inquisitive sheep from the Italian countryside into the gallery. Castiglione painted historical and religious subjects, such as the Ecstasy of Saint Francis, hung in the adjacent gallery, but his exploration of landscape and animals such as this were particularly prized and influential. Technically innovative as both a painter and a printmaker, Castiglione used his copper support to imbue this scene with warm luminosity.
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