The Shepherdess, also known as The Little Shepherdess, is a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau completed in 1889. Its title comes from a southern French dialect, and the painting depicts an idyllic pastoral scene of a lone young woman in peasant dress, posed for the artist with a stick balanced across her shoulders, standing barefoot in the foreground while oxen graze in the background. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year Created LocationPhilbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa 1 Medium
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completed in 1889
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oil on canvas
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Philbrook Museum of Art
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The Shepherdess (French: Pastourelle), also known as The Little Shepherdess, is a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau completed in 1889.
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The Shepherdess (French: Pastourelle), also known as The Little Shepherdess, is a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau completed in 1889. The title is taken from the Southern French dialect. The painting depicts an idyllic, past
Created By: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Infobox: artist
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
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