Les Bergers Défendant leur Troupeau (The Shepherds Defending their Herd), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 4
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre
Artist: Jacques Callot|François Langlois
Artist bio: French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy|French, baptized Chartres, 1588–1647 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: 1625–31
Medium: Etching and letterpress; second state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 11/16 x 4 1/4 in. (14.5 x 10.8 cm)
Plate: 2 5/16 x 3 1/4 in. (5.8 x 8.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession year: 1957