Nicolaes BERCHEM
Sheep next to a rock
(1640-1683)
plate 6 from the Set of the Sheep (with the singing shepherdess)

Medium
etching

Measurements
10.3 × 12.8 cm (plate) 12.6 × 15.2 cm (sheet)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 34 v/vi; Bartsch 34

Edition
5th of 6 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: c
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 6

Accession Number
1278.149-3

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

Movements
Baroque