Landscape with Shepherds

Inscriptions

lower left, in brown ink: Ag. Car. Fe. 159[0?]. ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT (printed page of a French festival book), lower center, in brown ink: Augustin Carrache / [illegible, cropped] ; lower center, in graphite: (Signé) / [illegible] ; lower right, in blue pencil: # 40

Provenance

possibly in a French collection (17th or 18th century?: secondary support is page from French festival book). Daniel A. Huebsch, Cleveland (according to departmental card)

Exhibition history

Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).

Quick Overview

Artist: Domenico I Piola (Italian, 1627–1703)
Date: c. 1700?
Medium: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 35.7 x 47.8 cm (14 1/16 x 18 13/16 in.); Secondary Support: 35.7 x 47.8 cm (14 1/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Robert Hays Gries
Accession no.: 1939.664

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Allegory of Victory
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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003588

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.