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This painting shows a group of people engaged in various activities within a wide green landscape. In the background are distant white-and-blue mountains and a blue sky with soft gray clouds. Near the center is a distant white building with a pointed roof. Closer to us, on the left, a bearded man sits near a wooden structure on the far left. Near the bottom left corner, a black goat and a white sheep sit beside the man. One child stands in the wooden structure, while three other children are in the center of the painting, sitting together on the ground. To the right, a person in flowing…
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Erminia and the Shepherds

and artist Francesco Guardi (Venetian, 1712 - 1793)

Gian Antonio Guardi (Venetian, 1699 - 1761)

1750/1755

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 251.5 x 442.2 cm (99 x 174 1/8 in.) ; framed: 260.1 x 449.7 cm (102 3/8 x 177 1/16 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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