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The Shepherd

1644

Paulus Potter

(Dutch, 1625–1654)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
etching
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Williams for the Lewis B. Williams Collection 1974.8
Catalogue raisonné
Hollstein XVII.220.15
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented etching in black ink uses fine, dense lines to depict a cluster of resting sheep and a ram in a field. On a hillock at the right, a shepherd sits beneath a gnarled, twisted tree playing a pipe, accompanied by a dog. The landscape recedes toward a distant church on the far left. The bottom right corner contains a calligraphic inscription: "Paulus Potter inv. et f. 1644."

The Shepherd

1644

Paulus Potter

(Dutch, 1625–1654)
Netherlands

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