1766
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Seated Shepherd before a Flock of Goats is a 1766 ink by Francesco Londonio, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a shepherd sitting on a rocky hillside, surrounded by goats and sheep. A boy stands behind him holding a stick, while another person tends to a cow in the background. The scene is set in a wooded area with trees and rolling hills, all drawn with fine lines and shading. The artist used a technique called *white heightening*—adding white paint over the etched lines to make the light areas pop. This makes the sheep and shepherd look almost three-dimensional. Next, check out the technique called etching.
Francesco Londonio (1723–1783) was an Italian painter, engraver, and scenographer, active mainly in his native Milan in a late-Baroque or Rococo style.
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