Tivoli and the Waterfalls with Shepherd Families

Joseph Anton Koch, 1821

The image features figures in a landscape, with a cityscape in the distance. Close to us, there are seated women, one holding a child, a man with a hat and staff, and a dog, among trees and plants. A goat is also… · description from the collection

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Artist: Joseph Anton Koch ¹
Date: 1821 ¹
Medium: pen and black ink over graphite, with border lines, on laid paper ¹
Original: 5,053 × 3,697 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

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