A Woman with Two Children on Horseback

Gaetano Zompini, after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

National Gallery of Art

The scene features a group of people and animals in a rustic setting. A cow is in the center with sheep around it. A woman and child are near the cow, while another child plays a flute nearby. A shepherd tends to the sheep. Tall trees are in the background, and the horizon blends in with light shading. The image is an intricate etching with a monochrome color palette of soft sepia tones.