# The Old Shepherd

**Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder** (Italian, 1680–1767)  
1722  
Chiaroscuro woodcut, from three blocks in pink, dark blue, and light blue, on cream laid paper  
Image: 17 × 11.3 cm (6 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 17.3 × 11.6 cm (6 13/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1946.359. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/55557).

## About this work

Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder made this in 1722, aged 42. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut, from three blocks in pink, dark blue, and light blue, on cream laid paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Woodcut.** A relief print. The block is cut away around the lines, so the lines stand up to take the ink, and the sheet is pressed onto them.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/conte-antonio-maria-zanetti-the-elder)

Italian, 1680–1767

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: Italy
- The artist was 42
- Real size: about 6½ × 4½ in (17 × 11 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 18th century
- Movement: [Rococo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/rococo)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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