Sheep in a Manger

Charles Émile Jacque

Associated Names
Charles Émile Jacque

Artist, French, 1813 - 1894

The image shows a group of sheep in a field. Two sheep are in the foreground, one standing and one lying down, with more sheep in the background. The color palette consists of muted tones of gray, brown, and white, highlighting the texture of the sheep's wool. The scene includes a feeding trough extending from the left to the central portion, with other sheep clustered around it. A lantern hangs on the wall in the upper left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray wash with touches of pink watercolor over black chalk, heightened with white on gray paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall: 47.1 x 38 cm (18 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.128.20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Shepherd Gallery, New York); purchased by Christian Humann, 1968; The Christian Humann Foundation, Paris, 1981; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in brush and gray wash: ch. Jacque

Wikidata ID

Q64538554

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