Kneeling Shepherd / Luca Giordano / Attributed to Luca Giordano
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.501
- Title
- Kneeling Shepherd
- Artist
- Luca Giordano
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- (1634 - 1705)
- Medium and Support
- graphite and pen and ink on laid brown paper
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 17th century
- Object Creation Place
- Europe
- Italian
- Creation Place 1
- Europe
- Creation Place 2
- Italian
- Credit Line
- Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Neapolitan Baroque
- Dimensions
- 35.56 cm x 45.72 cm (14 in. x 18 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- thumbnail sketch
- Physical Description
- A man, shown in three-quarter view, is seen kneeling at the left side of the image, his hands are clasped in front of him in prayer. At the lower right is a sleeping lamb nestled into a roughly indicated background.
- Subject Matter
- This quick sketch, consisting of rapid pen strokes on top of lightly drawn graphite lines, suggests that this was a quickly observed scene that the artist wished to quickly capture for future use, perhaps in an Adoration of the Shepherds or Nativity scene.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- herdsmen
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- sheep
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2468 x 2345
- File Size
- 773 KB
- Record
- 2009/1.501
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.501/2009_1_501.jpg
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"Kneeling Shepherd; Luca Giordano; Attributed to Luca Giordano." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.501/2009_1_501.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.