Maiden Attending a Flock of Sheep
Artist
Charles-Émile Jacque
(French, 1813 - 1894)
Dateca. 1865
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 25 3/4 × 32 1/2 in. (65.4 × 82.6 cm)
Framed: 37 1/4 × 43 5/8 in. (94.6 × 110.8 cm)
ClassificationsPAINTING
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Museum purchase from the Julia Wood Buckner Estate by the Margaret Hyde Fund
Object number1990.1
DescriptionA woman dressed in plain clothes tends to her sheep in a wooded area. The woman looks toward what might be another figure at the left of the composition. The work is speckled with sunlight which shines through the trees overhead.Status
Not on view