# A Shepherd and a Rider on a Country Lane

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LEPRINCE, Auguste-Xavier](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leprince-auguste-xavier-r32beb8d1988fb9>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 33 x 40 cm

## Commentary

A Shepherd and a Rider on a Country Lane c. 1823 Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 33 x 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This scene may be an early depiction of the Forest of Fontainebleau. While the landscape retains all the freshness of a plein-air study, the figures are stock characters from Leprince’s repertory.

## Related artworks

- [The Harvest](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leprince-auguste-xavier-r32beb8d1988fb9/the-harvest-r22c513cc326cf3>)
- [Young Artist Painting by the Dungeon of Château Gaillard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leprince-auguste-xavier-r32beb8d1988fb9/young-artist-painting-by-the-dungeon-of-chteau-gaillard-r3263aed64b9020>)

## Attribution

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