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The Shepherd

1644

Paulus Potter

(Dutch, 1625–1654)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
etching
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1943.609
Catalogue raisonné
Hollstein XVII.220.15
Public Domain
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Not on view
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A horizontally oriented etching depicts a shepherd with a light skin tone playing a pipe on a grassy mound to the right. Sitting beneath a gnarled tree with a dog, they overlook a foreground of resting sheep and rams. To the left, the landscape recedes toward a distant church tower under a cloudy sky. Fine, overlapping lines meticulously define textures throughout the animals, foliage, and rolling earth.

The Shepherd

1644

Paulus Potter

(Dutch, 1625–1654)
Netherlands

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