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: François Langlois|Jacques Callot
Artist bio: French, baptized Chartres, 1588–1647 Paris|French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy
Artist role: Publisher|Artist
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: 1646
Medium: Etching and letterpress; second state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in. (19.5 x 14 cm)
Plate: 2 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (6 x 8.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession year: 1957