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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

The Slumber of the Shepherdess

Group
ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a sleeping shepherdess with a shepherd, a boy and a dog. The shepherdess is lying on a grass-covered rocky mound with a tree stump behind. She wears a rose-pink bodice and pale yellow skirt. The shepherd is seated on the ground, to the left and wears a pink-striped white jacket, rose pink waistcoat and breeches of pale yellow. Both wear rose-pink hats. To the right a small boy in rose-pink breeches and jacket with green lining and collar is leading a dog. On the ground to the left of the shepherdess lies a sheep, and at the shepherd's feet is a wallet.


Object details

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Object type
TitleThe Slumber of the Shepherdess
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, modelled by J.P. Melchior, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a sleeping shepherdess with a shepherd, a boy and a dog. The shepherdess is lying on a grass-covered rocky mound with a tree stump behind. She wears a rose-pink bodice and pale yellow skirt. The shepherd is seated on the ground, to the left and wears a pink-striped white jacket, rose pink waistcoat and breeches of pale yellow. Both wear rose-pink hats. To the right a small boy in rose-pink breeches and jacket with green lining and collar is leading a dog. On the ground to the left of the shepherdess lies a sheep, and at the shepherd's feet is a wallet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.3cm
  • Length: 31.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
A wheel under an Electorial Hat (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Purchased with funds from the Captain H.B. Murray Bequest
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.145-1934

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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