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Landscape with Shepherds Driving Away a Wolf

Domenico Campagnola

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a landscape with a high horizon line, featuring distant hills on the left side with a castle and a church with a spire on the right side. Pen-and-ink strokes are intricately detailed, depicting trees and the flowing lines of the landscape. The color scheme is monochromatic with shades of brown and sepia. A group of figures, potentially hunters with dogs, are depicted in motion on the foreground terrain. Beyond them are trees, hills, and architectural structures on higher ground.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1540
Medium
pen and brown ink with touches of pale green wash on laid paper
Dimensions
4994 × 3089 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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