Shepherds and Sheep
This picture belongs to the same group of copies by Teniers after paintings in the collection of the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm as does The Good Samaritan, also exhibited here. The present whereabouts of the pastoral scene by Bassano, which was Teniers' model, is unknown.
Artwork Details
- Title: Shepherds and Sheep
- Artist: David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, Antwerp 1610–1690 Brussels)
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 9 in. (16.8 x 22.9 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889
- Object Number: 89.15.22
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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