Art, literature & history
Shepherds Resting by a Stream
1779
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- gouache and pastel on prepared canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 77 x 101 cm (30 5/16 x 39 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1983.72.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jean-Baptiste Pillement. Shepherds Resting by a Stream. Jean-Baptiste Pillement; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Robert H. and Clarice Smith Fund. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Shepherds Resting by a Stream — Jean-Baptiste Pillement. 1779.
Medium: gouache and pastel on prepared canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 77 x 101 cm (30 5/16 x 39 3/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.72.1. Robert H. and Clarice Smith Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.