# Landscape with Shepherds

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WILDENS, Jan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wildens-jan-r5b2de93a759753>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 135 x 201 cm

## Commentary

In his Landscape with Shepherds, Jan Wildens abandoned the bird&#39;s-eye view in favour of a type of realistic, although at the same time idealised and serene slice of nature. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 13 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/schubert/schubert\_d965\_hirt.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen \(The Shepherd on the Rock\) D 965&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Landscape with Christ and his Disciples on the Road to Emmaus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wildens-jan-r5b2de93a759753/landscape-with-christ-and-his-disciples-on-the-road-to-emmaus-rb20ecd15ebf4d9>)
- [Landscape with Peasants](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wildens-jan-r5b2de93a759753/landscape-with-peasants-r5e318d46613189>)
- [View of Antwerp](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wildens-jan-r5b2de93a759753/view-of-antwerp-r780ff3d1584654>)
- [Winter Landscape with Hunter and Dogs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wildens-jan-r5b2de93a759753/winter-landscape-with-hunter-and-dogs-r873d41b146828f>)

## Attribution

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