General
General
Object Auto ID
57290
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_78970
Common Name
The Good Shepherd
Classified Name
Drawing (Pencil)
Drawing
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Ink drawing depicting a prostrate shepherd with some visible wounds on his back, presumed that he is dead. His crook is above his head on the ground.  Lying next to him is a dead sheep, and both the shepherd and the sheep are below a male lion who is looking off in to distance at other fleeing sheep.

Provenance

Presented by Sir Sigismund Neumann, Bt in 1912, stored at the Tate and arrived in SA in 1916

Owner
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Technique Types
Drawing
Colours
Pen and pencil on wood prepared with chinese white on wood panel
Inscriptions
Monogram 'M' over small raised arch, bottom left hand corner
Measurement Type Unit Value
Length
cm
10.90
Height
cm
14.00
Dimension Comments
14 x 10,9 cm
History
Object Age Comment
Produced between 1857-1863
Maker
John Everett Millais
Production Place
UK (assumed)
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
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