# Rest of the Shepherds

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DESHAYS, Jean-Baptiste](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/deshays-jean-baptiste-r2505d71bec2097>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, oval, 50 x 42 cm

## Commentary

This painting follows the type of pastoral cabinet pictures that were quite popular during the Rococo period. They allowed for the playful combination of rural views, ruins and imaginative or exotic clothing worn by the participants. Thematic interest took second place to the aesthetic concerns for a painterly, colourful surface and the mood or sensibility of the subject.

## Related artworks

- [Hector Exposed on the Banks of the Xanthus River](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/deshays-jean-baptiste-r2505d71bec2097/hector-exposed-on-the-banks-of-the-xanthus-river-re3a0b5c7f1d95f>)
- [Jupiter and Semele](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/deshays-jean-baptiste-r2505d71bec2097/jupiter-and-semele-r6b51267c78ce44>)
- [The Flight into Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/deshays-jean-baptiste-r2505d71bec2097/the-flight-into-egypt-rab7895787ea48f>)
- [Venus Protecting Helen from the Fury of Aeneas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/deshays-jean-baptiste-r2505d71bec2097/venus-protecting-helen-from-the-fury-of-aeneas-r47509ffcd5fe65>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)