Portrait of a man as a shepherd

Heer, Willem de (1638-1681)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
17th century
Height:
36.0 cm  (14 3/16 in.)
Width:
27.3 cm  (10 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment

Additional titles

Pastoral portrait of a young man as a shepherd playing a flute

Description

In a woodland setting with four sheep, a young man sits playing an end-blown wind instrument (probably a type of flute or pipe) from the corner of his mouth

Iconclass

48CC75
making music; musician with instrument - CC - out of doors
47I221
herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.
48CC7351
flute, aulos, tibea - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown flute [3940]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5660