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Source Description
An elderly shepherd glances apprehensively over his shoulder as two ragged and hungry wolves slink at his heels, while a third howls in the bushes behind. The inscription on the tablet describes how the old man, unable to protect all of his sheep, threatens to abandon them all. The work represents the early style of the artist, in which the composition was painted in grisaille and then covered with colored translucent enamels.
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Document identity
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29329
label
Plaque with the Bad Shepherd
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object
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Source metadata
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29329
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object
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normalized
title
Plaque with the Bad Shepherd
description
An elderly shepherd glances apprehensively over his shoulder as two ragged and hungry wolves slink at his heels, while a third howls in the bushes behind. The inscription on the tablet describes how the old man, unable to protect all of his sheep, threatens to abandon them all. The work represents the early style of the artist, in which the composition was painted in grisaille and then covered with colored translucent enamels.
provenance
Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, February 15, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1537 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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Enamels
plaques
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
5 1/8 in. (13.02 cm)
Source extras
med
painted enamel on copper
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5948
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REN
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956
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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5494ec2164dbe9b7
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no
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2
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photo
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1c71c1ae6e12d909
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no