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Shepherd and Shepherdess, (sculpture). Artist:  Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721, sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Shepherd and Shepherdess, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1972. Medium:  Figures: painted cast lead; Bases: concrete. Dimensions:  2 figures. Shepherd: approx. 51 x 39 x 27 in.; Shepherdess: approx. 49 x 31 x 27 in.; Each base: approx. 18 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. Inscription:  (Shepherd, front of base, inscription appears twice and is upside down:) MADE IN ENGLAND (Shepherdess, front of base:) MADE IN ENGLAND unsigned Description:  The figures of the shepherd and shepherdess are each standing on a separate base and are installed about 35 feet apart in a private courtyard behind seven colonial townhouses. The shepherd is a young male wearing colonial attire consisting of a hip-length jacket, a wide-brimmed hat, a loose shirt, knickers with buttons and bows, stockings, and buckle shoes. His long hair falls about his shoulders. He stands with his legs crossed at the ankles. In his proper right hand he holds out a tall staff with a hook at the end. The shepherdess is a young female wearing a wide-brimmed hat, buckle shoes, and a short-sleeved, ankle-length dress which has a small bustle in the back and decorative lacing in the front. In her proper right arm she holds a lamb against her hip. Her proper left arm is bent at the elbow and in her hand she holds a flower. Her hair is pulled back away from her face and her face is turned to her proper left. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Figure female -- Full length Dress -- Historic -- Eighteenth Century Dress Occupation -- Farm -- Shepherd Animal -- Sheep Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Copy Sculpture Owner:  Loxley Court, 321-323 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Both sculptures are copies by an unknown artist possibly after works by Antoine Watteau. The lamb and the right forearm of the shepherdess are replacements made of fiberglass. The repairs were made ca. 1983-85. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 City of Philadelphia, 1973. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75009358   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75009358 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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