1652
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Piping Shepherd is a 1652 by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a shepherd playing a flute in a peaceful landscape. The scene is calm and serene, with the shepherd trying to get the attention of a nearby shepherdess. This painting is interesting because it shows a quiet moment in a rural setting. Look up the technique of chiaroscuro to learn more about how artists like Nicolaes Berchem used light and dark to create depth in their work.
In this bucolic scene, a shepherd plays a tenor flute in hopes that his melody will seduce a shy shepherdess.
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Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces.
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