Shepherd and His Flock
Artist
Charles-Émile Jacque
(French, 1813 - 1893)
CultureFrench
Date1880
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions104 × 82 1/2 in. (264.2 × 209.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 116 × 96 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (294.6 × 244.5 × 13 cm)
Overall, Frame: 116 × 96 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (294.6 × 244.5 × 13 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated lower right: "ch. Jacque. 80."
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2055
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 102
Label TextCharles-Émile Jacque French, 1813–1894 Shepherd and His Flock, 1880 Oil on canvas Fleeing an approaching storm, a weathered shepherd strides over the crest of a hill, his trusty dog halting momentarily to survey their progress. But the real subject this painting is the flock of sheep they protect. Crowding the foreground, the jostling group is a collection of braying, fleecy forms. An errant ray of sunlight comes shining through the dark clouds overhead, spotlighting a few wooly faces. A founding member of the Barbizon group, the painter Charles-Émile Jacque became famous for his images of farm and field animals. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2055 ProvenanceThe artist, 1880-1894; the artist's atelier sale, Georges Petit, Paris, Nov. 12 - 15, 1894; the artist's son; Charles Curtis, Boston, Ma.; Giovanni Castano, Boston, Ma.; Sold to Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., May 28, 1953; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition HistorySalon, Paris, 1888. (Exhib. cat. no. 1343). "French Paintings 1789-1929 from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Dayton Art Institute, March 25 - May 22, 1960. (Exhib. cat. no. 34). "French Landscape Painters from Four Centuries," Finch College Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 20, 1965 - Jan. 9, 1966. (Exhib. cat. no. 22). "The Past Rediscovered: French Painting 1800-1900," Minneapolis Institute of Arts, July 3 - Sept. 7, 1969. (Exhib. cat. no. 52). "French Paintings from the Chrysler Museum," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, May 31 - Sept. 14, 1986, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, Nov. 6, 1986 - Jan. 18, 1987. (Exhib. cat. no. 27). "Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008. Published ReferencesExhibition catalogue. _Cinquantenaire de la Fondation des Artistes Français_. Paris: Société des artistes français. 1932. Priscilla C. Colt and Charles H. Elam. _French Paintings 1789-1929 from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio. 1960, no.34. Exhibition catalogue. _Loan Exhibition of French Landscape Painters from Four Centuries_. New York: Finch College Museum of Art. 1965. No. 22. Charlotte Schlitz. "Spotlight Painting," _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_. Vol. 11, no. 1. Norfolk: Chrysler Museum. 01/1981. Wayne Craven. "J. Foxcroft Cole (1837-1892): His Art, and the Introduction of French Painting to America," _The American Art Journal_. Vol. XIII, no. 2. 03/1981: 51-65; 58, ill. Gabriel P. Weisberg. "Charles Jacque and Rustic Life," _Arts Magazine_. 12/1981: 90-93. Caroline B. and Richard R. Brettell. _Painters and Peasants in the Nineteenth Century_. Geneva: Editions d'Art Albert Skira S.A.. 1983: pp. 88-89. Jefferson C. Harrison. "Nineteenth-Century French Art - Part I," _The Chrysler Museum Gallery Guide_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum. 1985. No. 9. Jefferson C. Harrison. _French Paintings from the Chrysler Museum_. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1986, No. 27, 53-4; 121; Color Plate No. 27, 121. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1991, No. 112, 141; Color Plate No. 112, 141. Pierre-Olivier Fanica. _Charles Jacque 1813-1894: Graveur Original et Peintre Animalier_. Montigny-sur-Loing: Art Bizon, 1995, 186-188, color reproduction p. 187. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 46, fig. 45. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1
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