Caption

Sheepfold, drawing, Four sheep at the opened sheepfold. The copy drawing is loose in an album, see page 44., maker: Cornelis Brouwer, after drawing by Karel du Jardin, supervision: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam, 1781 - 1787, inorganic material, materials by function, paper, chalk, ink, brush, transfer drawing in red chalk and brush in gray, verso with remains of gum and powder, height 118 mm x width 175 mm, sheep, A pale sketch of a pastoral scene shows several woolly sheep resting and standing on grassy ground in front of a large rough-barked tree with spreading branches and clusters of leaves, a thatched-roof structure with a doorway partially visible to the left, and scattered foliage and shrubs filling the background, all rendered with soft reddish and gray pencil strokes on a light paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B22_222

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.1Mb (10.0Mb) / 14.4in x 9.8in / 4317 x 2926 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sheepfold drawing Four sheep opened sheepfold copy drawing loose album see page 44 maker Cornelis Brouwer Karel du Jardin supervision Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Amsterdam 1781 - 1787 inorganic material materials function paper chalk ink brush transfer drawing red chalk gray verso remains gum powder height 118 mm x width 175 mm sheep pale sketch pastoral scene several woolly sheep resting standing grassy ground front large rough-barked tree spreading branches clusters leaves thatched-roof structure doorway partially visible left scattered foliage shrubs filling background rendered soft reddish gray pencil strokes light paper