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A shepherd holding a lion on a leash in the foreground, in the middle ground the shepherd stands in a meadow surrounded by wild beasts, in the background the shepherd is seated on a rock with the lion at his side; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi
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A shepherd holding a lion on a leash in the foreground, in the middle ground the shepherd stands in a meadow surrounded by wild beasts, in the background the shepherd is seated on a rock with the lion at his side; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi

Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus, ca. 1729–64

Artist
Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris)
Date
ca. 1729–64
Medium
Etching and aquatint with tone woodblock
Size
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 1/4 in. (53 × 38.8 cm) Plate: 12 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (32.8 × 20.5 cm)
Type
Prints
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Licence
Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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A shepherd holding a lion on a leash in the foreground, in the middle ground the shepherd stands in a meadow surrounded by wild beasts, in the background the shepherd is seated on a rock with the lion at his side; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi (Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus, ca. 1729–64) · Open Data Finder