The Shepherdess

c. 1869

Charles Émile Jacque

Associated Names
Charles Émile Jacque

Artist, French, 1813 - 1894

A shepherd is seated on the ground on the left with a flock of sheep grazing around them. A dog sits beside the shepherd. In the background, the land meets the sky with cloud formations. Trees frame the scene at the sides with green and brown tones. The color palette consists of green, brown, white, and blue tones, creating a serene atmosphere.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, Florida; (sale, New York, Christie's, 22 May 1996, lot 162); purchased (via Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox with funds from Mr. and Mrs. James Dyke) by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 133, as.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001.

2008

  • In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2008, no. 73.

2012

  • Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012, 60, 159, no. 27 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke.)

Inscriptions

lower right in brown pastel: Ch. Jacque.

Wikidata ID

Q64538555

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