The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten)
Details
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- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 98 1/2 × 51 3/8 in. (250.2 × 130.5 cm)
- Department
- European Paintings
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, European Paintings Funds, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, Charles and Jessie Price Gift, funds from various donors, and Bequests of Collis P. Huntington and Isaac D. Fletcher, by exchange, 2013
Art Genome Taxonomy
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Subject Matter
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Dreams / Altered States of Consciousness Both · 99%
The title explicitly identifies the subject as a shepherd’s dream, while the image contrasts a face-covering shepherd in the foreground with a separate group of nude figures above.
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Nude Both · 99%
Multiple unclothed female figures occupy the upper portion of the composition, consistent with the catalog subject Female Nudes.
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Figures in Nature Visual · 96%
The nude figures and shepherd are shown outdoors amid rocky ground, vegetation, and broad distant landscape bands.
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Landscapes Visual · 91%
Much of the canvas depicts an expansive rocky, vegetated outdoor setting surrounding the central figure.
Visual Qualities
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Contour Line Visual · 96%
Thin reddish lines visibly define the contours of the bodies, staff, rocks, and landscape forms.
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Pastel Colors Visual · 90%
The dominant palette consists of pale rose, cream, light blue, muted green, and lavender tones rather than highly saturated colors.
Medium and Techniques
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Oil Painting Metadata · 100%
The catalog specifies oil on canvas.
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Large-Scale Painting Metadata · 95%
The canvas measures 98 1/2 × 51 3/8 inches (250.2 × 130.5 cm), making the work substantially taller than ordinary easel scale.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art dates the painting to 1896.
Geographic Regions
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Swiss Art Metadata · 94%
The catalog identifies Ferdinand Hodler as Swiss, born in Bern and active within the Swiss artistic context.
Source & rights
Ferdinand Hodler. The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.