Shepherd and shepherdess

Unknown (British)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
1760-1765
Height:
35.2 cm  (13 7/8 in.)
Width:
15.7 cm  (6 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
porcelain
Place of creation:
Chelsea

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    The Amelia Blanxius Memorial Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1913.612]

Description

On the base, a shepherd plays a recorder(?). The other vase of the pair (Art Institute of Chicago inv. no. 1913.613) is similar, but shows a shepherdess, and no musical instrument.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Recorder [4039]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 8 (156da82). RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

1986