Shepherds and shepherdesses dancing around a statue under a tree

Gerard van Nijmegen Dutch

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Dutch, 18th century Dutch

mid-18th–early 19th century

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Title: Shepherds and shepherdesses dancing around a statue under a tree
Artist: Gerard van Nijmegen (Dutch, Rotterdam 1735–1808 Rotterdam)
Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Dutch, 18th century
Date: mid-18th–early 19th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over graphite or black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 7/16 in. (35.4 x 26.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Mary Oenslager Fund, 2010
Object Number: 2010.528
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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