Shepherdess
Winslow Homer · c. 1878 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Homer spent the summer of 1878 at Mountainsville, New York, where his brother's business partner, Lawson Valentine, had a country place called Houghton Farm. While there he developed pastoral images of shepherdesses. The flirtatious quality of these depictions becomes intriguing when we consider that Homer never married, and that he worked not only from female models but also sometimes from boys in girls' clothing.
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Details
- Maker
- Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
- Date
- c. 1878
- Medium
- charcoal with brush and brown wash, heightened with white chalk; framing lines in graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 41.8 x 25.8 cm (16 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.); Image: 41 x 24.1 cm (16 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- America
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of Dr. J. A. Vincent
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
More by Winslow Homer
Shown in
- American Drawings from the Permanent CollectionApr 19, 1998 – Jul 12, 1998
- Winslow Homer: Portrait of AmericaNov 10, 1965 – May 16, 1966
- Drawings from the Museum CollectionJun 17, 1942 – Aug 24, 1942
- Watercolors and Drawings form the Museum CollectionFeb 7, 1939 – Feb 28, 1939
- Drawings from the Museum CollectionFeb 10, 1937 – Apr 28, 1937
