# Shepherd Carving an Inscription on Tree Trunk with Figures and Sheep in Background

- By: Agostino Tassi (or Andrea Meldolla Schiavone (Italian, 1522-1564); or Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666; or the school of Titian…)
- Date: n.d.
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with traces of graphite, on blue laid paper (faded to brown), laid down on ivory laid paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 27.5 × 25.8 cm (10 7/8 × 10 3/16 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/95808)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/a5e0202c-3068-8655-432e-864c5e1f396f/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)