Why it matters
A barefoot young shepherdess in peasant dress stands in the foreground balancing her crook across her shoulders, with oxen grazing behind her. It has become an emblematic image for the Philbrook Museum.
Did you know?
- It was completed in 1889.
- Its title, Pastourelle, comes from the southern French dialect.
- Bouguereau painted many shepherdesses.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Shepherdess (CC BY-SA 4.0).
