# The Good Shepherd

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CLEVE, Marten van I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cleve-marten-van-i-r6db58f2f08a174>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel, 50 x 73 cm

## Commentary

It is thought that this composition is derived from a lost original by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It appears that the painting influenced the work of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, who also treated the subject of The Good Shepherd, a popular moralizing theme in the 16th century.

## Related artworks

- [A Wedding Dance \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cleve-marten-van-i-r6db58f2f08a174/a-wedding-dance-detail-rcf733932b03618>)
- [A Wedding Dance \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cleve-marten-van-i-r6db58f2f08a174/a-wedding-dance-detail-re45f94f0723391>)
- [A Wedding Dance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cleve-marten-van-i-r6db58f2f08a174/a-wedding-dance-rfa4967983fa2f6>)
- [Christ on the Road to Calvary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cleve-marten-van-i-r6db58f2f08a174/christ-on-the-road-to-calvary-r4dc115f3561be1>)
- [Outdoor Wedding Dance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cleve-marten-van-i-r6db58f2f08a174/outdoor-wedding-dance-rec3f5cffb19c54>)

## Attribution

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