Landschap met slapende herder 1682

This etching by Valentin Lefebvre depicts a peaceful landscape scene, titled *Landschap met slapende herder* (Landscape with Sleeping Shepherd). Created in 1682, the year of the artist’s death, the print features a shepherd sleeping under a tree, while his flock grazes in the foreground. In the background, a village with a bridge and a winding road leads the eye towards distant hills and a cloudy sky. Lefebvre’s print is a fine example of Dutch 17th-century landscape art, which often featured idealized pastoral settings and the beauty of nature.