Herdsman Crossing a River

Attributed to Francesco Casanova

The scene shows a group of cattle and sheep being herded across a shallow stream. A shepherd leads the animals with a stick, while two cows are at the forefront. In the background, there are rolling plains, sparse… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Attributed to Francesco Casanova ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper ¹
Original: 4,761 × 3,389 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Zeitlin

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

This is a drawing of a group of figures. The drawing is executed in a loose, expressive style with dark lines and a monochromatic color scheme, using shades of brown.

Two men pitchfork hay onto a horse-drawn carriage in a field in this horizontal black and white photograph. The platform of the carriage is wider than the two white horses harnessed to it. One man tosses hay onto the…

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

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