Shepherdess and Sheep, Fontainebleau
On View In:
Gallery 354
Artist:   Charles Emile Jacque  
Title:   Shepherdess and Sheep, Fontainebleau  
Date:   19th century  
Medium:   Oil on canvas  
Dimensions:   18 5/8 x 26 5/8 in. (47.31 x 67.63 cm) (canvas)  
Credit Line:   Gift of the Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Foundation  
Location:   Gallery 354  

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Jacque, Charles Emile  
Nationality:   French  
Life Dates:   French, 1813 - 1894  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Signature LC (in black): [Ch. Jacque] Confirm whether this says 'Jacque' or 'Jacques'.  
Classification:   Paintings  
Physical Description:   left center foreground stands a shepherdess leaning on her staff and looks into the distance between trees behind her; a flock of sheep stand at her side and behind, grazing and drinking from a small pool of water in the shade of a large tree with v-shaped trunk  
Creation Place:   Europe, France, , ,  
Accession #:   99.200.2  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts