Eine Hirtin
Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901)

Eine Hirtin,

1864
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
62 x 52,8 cm
Department
19. Jahrhundert
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
11529
Acquisition
Vor 1866 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München
Citation
Arnold Böcklin, Eine Hirtin, 1864, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/JzG6WDj4WO (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
Despite the young shepherdess’s modern dress, the scene is suffused with the pastoral spirit of classical antiquity. Böcklin was fond of the Idylls written by the Greek poet Theocritus around 270 BC, which describe the physical and emotional life of shepherds in natural surroundings.

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