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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

The Piping Shepherd

1652

Nicolaes Berchem

(Dutch, 1620–1683)
Netherlands
etching
Gift of Ralph King 1925.71
Catalogue raisonné: Bartsch V..259.8 (1) Hollstein 8 (I.256); Dutuit 8
Location: Not on view

Description

In this bucolic scene, a shepherd plays a tenor flute in hopes that his melody will seduce a shy shepherdess.
  • Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).
    Dutch Painting, The Golden Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 27, 1955).
    Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 5-September 12, 1934).
  • {{cite web|title=The Piping Shepherd|url=false|author=Nicolaes Berchem|year=1652|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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