1640
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Three Sheep and a Lamb is a 1640 ink by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, a Renaissance work, depicting Sheep, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows three sheep and a lamb in a simple scene. The artist used etching to create this work. Etching is a technique where the artist scratches a design into a metal plate, then uses ink to print it. This technique allows for detailed and delicate lines, which are visible in the sheep's wool and the landscape. Look up the technique: etching.
Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces.
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