# A Shepherd (Study for “Il Voto”) (recto); Woman Holding a Baby (Study for “Il Voto”) (verso)

**Francesco Paolo Michetti** (Italian, 1851–1929)  
c. 1883  
Pastel, with wet brush (recto), and pastel (verso) on brown wove paper  
69.5 × 42.3 cm (27 3/8 × 16 11/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.205. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/257842).

## About this work

Francesco Paolo Michetti painted this in about 1883, aged about 29. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of pastel, with wet brush (recto), and pastel (verso) on brown wove paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Pastel.** Sticks of almost pure pigment with very little binder. The colour sits on the paper as powder: bright, matte and fragile.

### [Francesco Paolo Michetti](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/francesco-paolo-michetti)

Italian, 1851–1929

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: Italy
- The artist was about 29
- Real size: about 27 × 17 in (69 × 42 cm). The 20 × 30 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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