Art, literature & historyThe Swineherd
1843
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching, roulette and drypoint on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 22.5 × 15.3 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 22 cm (12 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1965.164
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Swineherd — Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps. 1843.
Medium: Etching, roulette and drypoint on white wove paper. Dimensions: Plate: 22.5 × 15.3 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 22 cm (12 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.