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Mezzotint of Saint Geneviève seated under a tree reading a book, with sheep at her side and two winged angels in the sky above.

Saint Geneviève as a Shepherdess Reading, Mezzotint

A mezzotint in dark tones shows a seated woman in loose draped robes reading a small book beneath a tree, with sheep and a shepherd's crook beside her. Two winged cherubs appear in the sky above, and a rural landscape with distant buildings recedes to the right. The lettered inscription "St Geneviève" runs along the bottom margin.

Artist
Charles André van Loo
Date
[between 1700 and 1799?]
Medium
Mezzotints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2774 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1809.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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