Shepherds Resting by a Stream
1779
Artist, French, 1728 - 1808

Artwork overview
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Medium
gouache and pastel on prepared canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 77 x 101 cm (30 5/16 x 39 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1983.72.1
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
2009
Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 241-241, 290, no. 104 (color).
2019
The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
2006
Jeffares, Neil. Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. London, 2006: 420 (incorrectly recording as dated 1771; reproduced onlin, but not in the 2006 print edition).
Gordon-Smith, Maria. Pillement. Kraków, 2006: 191, 402-403, no. 183, fig. 183 (color).
Inscriptions
by the artist at lower left in black chalk: J. Pillement 1779
Wikidata ID
Q64581182