c. 1854; 1921 (publication)
Le Petit Berger
Jean-Baptiste-Camille CorotFrench, 1796 - 1875
This cliché verre, a new form of printmaking that Corot began experimenting with in the 1850s, depicts a lone, youthful shepherd piping to his flock. The artist adapted the composition from a painting of the same title he had made in 1840, but intensified the contrasts between light and dark using this new technique, creating a melancholic mood and giving the scene the quality of a timeless reverie.
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