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Although modest in scale, 'The Musical Shepherdess' is one of the most charming of Berchem’s creations in The Wallace Collection. In an idyllic Arcadian landscape, a group of shepherdesses watch their dancing colleague, while to the right the vista stretches into the hazy distance of a mountain view. The picture’s exquisite surface is partly explained by the artist’s use of copper as a support, which enabled him to obtain a much higher degree of finish than would have been possible on canvas. A version of the picture is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

The Musical Shepherdess

Date

1658

Medium

oil on copper

Measurements

H 33.8 x W 41.3 cm

Accession number

P640

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1848; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

The Wallace Collection

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, Greater London W1U 3BN England

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Artist or maker

Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem

1620–1683

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