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Shepherdess with sheep and goats

Shepherdess with sheep and goats
 1874

Medium
oil on wood panel
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
41.0 × 70.1 cm
Place/s of Execution
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in black paint l.r.: A. Braith / Munchen / 1874
Accession Number
693-2
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Animals Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
bridges (built works) domestic sheep (species) ducks (birds) goat (genus) herding riverbanks shepherds women (female humans)
Provenance
Collection of John H. Connell (1860–1952), and his wife Emily (1864–1913), Melbourne, until her death, 1913; gift of John H. Connell, to the NGV, 1914.
Frame
By J. Harrison, Melbourne

Frame

Given the difference in date between the painting and the frame this is unlikely to be the first framing of the painting. The frame most likely reflects the taste of the previous owner. The convex curve to the outer edge, the centering of the torus on the profile along with the unusual scale overall make this an interesting variant of the popular neo-classical-style frame by a Melbourne framer other than Thallon.

Note

1 The company is listed at the 85 Burwood Rd address from 1898–9 and 1902–9; the frame could date to any year within this range (Hilary Maddocks, ‘Picture Framemakers in Melbourne c. 1860–1930’ in vol. 1, Frames, Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art, University of Melbourne Conservation Service, 1999).

Frame Details

Framemaker
J. Harrison

85 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, Melbourne
Date
1898–9, 1902–9
Materials

The frame is made up from a timber profile and composition decorative work. The flutes of the inner scotia appear to be carved in the timber while other decorative elements are composition. The inner and outer cove and adjacent cavetto are burnished water gilding. The remainder of the frame appears to be oil gilded.

Frame Condition

The frame has been extensively over-painted and repaired, leaving the true intention of the surface appearance ambiguous.

Dimensions
71.6 x 99.8 x 9.0 cm; sight 40.4 x 68.5 cm

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