Flute-playing shepherd boy in front of an ancient temple ruin

1640–93

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 7/16 in. (10.5 × 16.3 cm) Plate: 3 7/8 × 6 1/8 in. (9.8 × 15.5 cm)
Collection no.: 17.3.1263
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Flute-playing shepherd boy in front of an ancient temple ruin — Jonas Umbach. 1640–93.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 7/16 in. (10.5 × 16.3 cm) Plate: 3 7/8 × 6 1/8 in. (9.8 × 15.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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