# Shepherd and His Flock

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LHERMITTE, Léon-Augustin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Pastel on paper, 56 x 81 cm

## Commentary

Lhermitte created beautiful, light-filled works in the Barbizon tradition while reinforcing the dignity of peasant life and the glory of the French rural landscape in the face of encroaching technology.

## Related artworks

- [August](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2/august-r89fc62d67064c3>)
- [Entrance of La Rochelle&#39;s Harbour](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2/entrance-of-la-rochelles-harbour-r455cdf0fa8c7fa>)
- [Soup of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2/soup-of-the-child-rae798d9e457be2>)
- [Supper at Emmaus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2/supper-at-emmaus-rf60177e14930e3>)
- [The Grandmother](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2/the-grandmother-ra9ac376f2bf607>)

## Attribution

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