Swineherd

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A man wearing breeches and a cone-shaped hat is seen from behind sitting on a square stone — Swineherd.

Artist

Name:: Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel
Dates:: 1803-1860
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Etching
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Album des beaux-arts
Author(s):: Anonymous
Publisher:: Paris: Léon Curmer, n.d. [1843?]
Open Library:: View record

Description

A man wearing breeches and a cone-shaped hat is seen from behind sitting on a square stone as mountain peaks are visible in the distance.
The caption reads in the original French: Le gardeur de porcs.

Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, male, pastoral