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Shepherds and Shepherdesses
Shepherds and Shepherdesses is a drawing by the Romanticist artist Conrad Martin Metz. It dates from 1789 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Accession no.
- 1974.194
- Credit line
- Gift of Moselle Taylor Meals
About this work
Overview
Shepherds and Shepherdesses is a drawing created by Conrad Martin Metz in 1789, currently held at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Subject & Meaning
The drawing depicts four figures in a rural landscape, with two women standing and two sitting, one of whom holds a small animal, set against a backdrop of trees and bushes.
Technique & Style
The artist achieved a three-dimensional effect through the use of light shading, creating volume in the figures with soft brown lines, a technique related to chiaroscuro.
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