A Sleeping Shepherd Boy by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout — Gerbrand van den Eeckhout. A Sleeping Shepherd Boy, 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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A Sleeping Shepherd Boy

by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

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Artist: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (Dutch, Amsterdam 1621–1674 Amsterdam)
Date: 17th century
Medium: Black and white chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 9 x 12 1/8 in. (22.8 x 30.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Thomas and Gianna Le Claire, 2008
Accession no.: 2008.177

Provenance

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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