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Shepherd with a Flute

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Year
  
c 1508

Artist
  
Giorgione

Period
  
High Renaissance

Medium
  
oil on canvas

Created
  
1508

Genre
  
Portrait

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Dimensions
  
61.2 cm × 46.5 cm (24.1 in × 18.3 in)

Location
  
Hampton Court Palace, Greater London

Similar
  
Giorgione artwork, High Renaissance artwork, Portraits

Shepherd with a flute is a painting produced around 1508 by Giorgione, now in the Royal Collection and shown at Hampton Court Palace.

History

It was bought at an unknown date by Charles I of England as a work by Giorgione, then sold in 1650 to De Critz and Co. In 1660, on the English Restoration, it was recovered by Charles II of England. It was exhibited at the Whitehall Palace then Kensington Palace and finally transferred to Hampton Court in 1833.

References

Shepherd with a Flute Wikipedia