The Gentle Shepherd (painting)
| The Gentle Shepherd | |
|---|---|
 Version in Scottish National Gallery | |
| Artist | David Wilkie |
| Year | 1823 |
| Type | Oil on panel, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 30.5 cm × 41.3 cm (12.0 in × 16.3 in) |
| Location | |
The Gentle Shepherd is a 1823 oil painting by the British artist David Wilkie. [1] It is based on a passage from the 1725 play The Gentle Shepherd by Allan Ramsay. The painting was commissioned by the diplomat Robert Liston. It was exhibited at the Royal Institution in Edinburgh, a forerunner of the Royal Scottish Academy.[2] It featured again at a retrospective of Wilkie's work held by the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1842.[3]
Several versions of the paintings exist. The original, prototype painting remained in private collections, but the best known version was purchased by the Scottish National Gallery in 1898.[4]
Another version exists in the Aberdeen Art Gallery which acquired it in 1972. [5] The image was as popular one and a number of prints were produced based on it. One of those produced by the engraver James Stewart is how in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[6]
See also
- The Cottage Toilette, an 1824 painting by Wilkie also based on the play
References
- ↑ Chiego p. 196
- ↑ Tromans p. 215
- ↑ "Sir David Wilkie: The Gentle Shepherd | Pictures | Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd". Libson-yarker.com. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
- ↑ "A Scene from Ramsay's 'The Gentle Shepherd' by Sir David Wilkie | National Galleries of Scotland". Nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
- ↑ "The Gentle Shepherd". Artuk.org. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
- ↑ "After Sir David Wilkie - The Gentle Shepherd". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
Bibliography
- Chiego, William Joseph. Sir David Wilkie of Scotland, 1785-1841. North Carolina Museum of Art, 1987.
- Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.