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Cattle herders

Person who tends, feeds, or guards herds of various domestic animals in places where these animals wander pasture lands

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Cattle herders

3 images from works
  • Two sleeping cowherds on the Mont-sous-les-Baisses just before an appearance of the Virgin of the Salette. Lithograph by E. Ciceri and Ph. Benoist after F. Benoist.
  • Cows being herded together at the bottom of a hill. Etching by P. Potter, 1643.
  • A young woman sits on a mountain side with a cow and a basket on the ground, spinnning yarn. Engraving by P. Laurent after Karel du Jardin.

Works from the collections

14 works

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    A man and a woman seated under a tree, with cattle nearby. Lithograph by H. Lecomte, 1819.

    Lecomte, Hippolyte, 1781-1857. | Date: 1819 | Reference: 3043824i
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    Three herders in the Roman Campagna with goats and cattle by a river: a man kneels, a woman playing the pipe is seated, and another woman stands. Engraving by F. Vivares after Claude Lorraine.

    Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682. | Date: 1741 | Reference: 3055154i
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    Sorrento, Italy: a herder driving cattle across a stone bridge above a stream. Etching by J.P. Hackert, 1779.

    Hackert, Philipp, 1737-1807. | Date: [1779] | Reference: 2924520i
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    A woman on a donkey rides next to a walking huntsman with a gun, at the head of a flock of goats with cattle, while a herder follows up behind. Etching by F. Vivares after Claude Lorraine.

    Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682. | Date: July 6th 1743 | Reference: 3055829i
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    Cows being herded together at the bottom of a hill. Etching by P. Potter, 1643.

    Potter, Paulus, 1625-1654. | Date: 1643 | Reference: 40048i

Related topics

Cattle
Campagna di Roma (Italy)
Country life
Goats
Goatherds

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