Jan Siberechts
(1627-1703)
Viehweide mit schlafender Hirtin,
nach 1650
Material / Technology / Carrier
Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
107,3 x 84 cm
Displayed
AP OG Kabinett 7
Acquisition
1799 aus der Galerie Zweibrücken
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Jan Siberechts, Viehweide mit schlafender Hirtin, nach 1650, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qr4Dw53GpE (Last updated on 24.08.2023)
Through the shepherdess dozing in the sun and the child that has curled up on the ground to sleep, Siberechts captures the heat of the summer. In this way he lends the pastoral theme—that is very much in the tradition of Italianised landscape painting—an accent of its very own.
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