# Self-Portrait as a Shepherd

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FABRITIUS, Barent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fabritius-barent-r97abc52131f5e0>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 79 x 64 cm

## Commentary

The painter represents himself wearing elegant jabot, fashionable beret together with a shepherd&#39;s staff and a wreath of leaves. The latter two illustrate the idea that the shepherds of the ancient world were the true poets and musicians. The painter defines himself as a painting poet.

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- [Portrait of Willem van der Helm and His Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fabritius-barent-r97abc52131f5e0/portrait-of-willem-van-der-helm-and-his-family-r2d595d89fb3893>)
- [Ruth and Boaz](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fabritius-barent-r97abc52131f5e0/ruth-and-boaz-rd8b71c278a375b>)
- [The Circumcision](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fabritius-barent-r97abc52131f5e0/the-circumcision-r15c6ea392485cc>)
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## Attribution

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