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Two reclining sheep

Nicolaes BERCHEM
Two reclining sheep
 (1640-1683)
plate 2 from the Set of the sheep (with the singing shepherdess)

Medium
etching

Measurements
9.7 × 13.2 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 30 ii/vi; Bartsch 30

Edition
2nd of 6 states

Accession Number
1278.146-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Animals

Subjects (specific)
animal art domestic sheep (species) livestock repose (activity)

Movements
Baroque

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