The Shepherd
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 4 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (10.8 × 7.9 cm) Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 3/8 in. (24.6 × 18.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2013
Accession Number
2013.34
Tags
Art Historical Context
"The Shepherd" is a delicate engraving from 1828, created by British artists Welby Sherman and Samuel Palmer, possibly inspired by the Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. Measuring just 4¼ × 3⅛ inches on the plate, this intimate print captures a pastoral scene featuring shepherds and loyal dogs, evoking the timeless harmony between humanity and nature. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it entered the collection through The Elisha Whittelsey Fund in 2013. Engraving, a meticulous intaglio technique where lines are incised into a metal plate and inked to t...
About the Artist
Welby Sherman|Samuel Palmer|Albrecht Dürer (British|British|German) · 1827 |1805 |1471 –1836 |1881 |1528
British, active 1827–36|British, London 1805–1881 Redhill, Surrey|German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg