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Plaque with the Bad Shepherd
(Renaissance Europe )
An elderly shepherd glances apprehensively over his shoulder as two ragged and hungry wolves slink at his heels, while a third howls in the bushes behind. The inscription on the tablet describes how the old man, unable to protect all of his sheep, threatens to abandon them all. The work represents the early style of the artist, in which the composition was painted in grisaille and then covered with colored translucent enamels.
Provenance
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Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, February 15, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1996-1997 | Russian Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/9/1965 | Treatment | other |
| 10/8/1987 | Treatment | cleaned; coated; examined for condition |
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
5 1/8 in. (13.02 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.473