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The Adoration of the Shepherds

Girolamo da Carpi (Girolamo Sellari) (d. 1556)

ca. 1535–40 · Oil on wood

Landscape With Shepherds

Anonymous, Italian, Bolognese, 17th century (d. 1700)

1600–1650 · Pen and brown ink on light brown laid paper. Faint ruled line along upper edge in black chalk and brown ink

Southern Landscape with Shepherds and Sheep; verso: Study of a Sheep's Head (?)

Simon van der Does (d. 1717)

1676 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

Cattle and Shepherds in a Southern Mountainous Landscape

Karel Dujardin (d. 1678)

mid-17th century · Graphite, brown wash, over red chalk. Framing line in pen and brown ink

Southern Landscape with Figures and Cattle at a River

Jan van der Meer the Younger (d. 1705)

1686 · Black chalk, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink over framing lines in pen and brown ink

Landscape with Shepherds and their Flock

Adriaen van der Cabel (d. 1705)

n.d. · pen and brown ink and brown wash over graphite

Southern Imaginary Landscape with Mountains and a Lake

Theodorus Wilkens (d. 1748)

late 17th–18th century · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. At left, traces of a framing line in black chalk

Landscape with shepherds, houses and a tower in the distance

Fabio Berardi (d. 1788)

1760–70 · Etching

Southern Landscape with a Waterfall and Goats

Ferdinand Kobell (d. 1799)

late 18th century · Pen and brown and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue paper; framing line in pen and brown ink, by the artist

Southern landscape with a man and a snake

Heinrich Dreber (d. 1875)

1847 · Graphite, blue watercolor

Southern landscape with a building and figures

Heinrich Dreber (d. 1875)

ca. 1855–58 · Graphite

Landscape with Shepherds and Cattle

Wilhelm von Kobell (d. 1853)

1797 · Aquatint