A Shepherdess, Paulus Moreelse, 1630

Identification

Title(s)

A Shepherdess
A Shepherdess, known as ‘The beautiful Shepherdess’

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-276

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, top right, with ligated monogram: ‘PM / 1630’

Description

Een herderin, bekend als 'De schone herderin'. Jonge vrouw als herderin met ontblote borsten in openvallend kleed, bloemen in het haar en herdersstaf.

Creation

Artist

painter: Paulus Moreelse (signed by artist)

Dating

1630

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 81.5 cm × width 64.5 cm

Subject

What

herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1817

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; collection Bernardus Ocke (c. 1755-1816), Leiden, 1816;{Van Eynden/Van der Willigen 1816, I, p. 372.} his sale, Leiden (W. van Veen et al.), 21 April 1817, no. 82 (‘Le portrait d’une jeune beauté; habillé en bergère; et le tient d’une main la houlette, et porte l’autre à la bouche; sa tête est couronnée de fleurs [...].’), fl. 2,150, to Van der Willigen, for the museum{RANH, ARM, IS, inv. 8, no. 15 (19 April 1817, no. 36); RANH, ARM, Kop, inv. 36, pp. 50-51 (23 April 1817); RANH, ARM, IS, inv. 8, no. 17 (6 May 1817, no. 869); RANH, ARM, Kop, inv. 36, p. 51 (9 May 1817); RANH, ARM, IS, inv. 8, no. 19 (20 May 1817, no. 962).}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 291-292
Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch art : treasures from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, Ruud Priem, afb. p. 111
Geboorte en jeugdjaren van het Rijksmuseum, afb. p. 29
Vergeten goed, afb. 5

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.4645

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