Nicolaes BERCHEM
Animalia (The singing shepherdess), titlepage
(1640-1683)
plate 1 from the Set of the sheep (with the singing shepherdess)

Medium
etching

Measurements
10.5 × 13.2 cm (image and sheet, trimmed to platemark)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 29 vi/vi; Bartsch 29

Edition
6th of 6 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: ANIMALIA / ad vivum delineata, et aquâ forti / æri impressa / Studio et arte / NICOLAI BERCHEM I

Accession Number
1278.145-3

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)
Human Figures Literary and Text

Subjects (specific)
illustrations (layout features) seated figures shepherds text (layout feature) title pages women (female humans)

Movements
Baroque