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225 works by 58 artists

225 works featuring “Sheep” by 58 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 78 museums.

The Little Shepherdess, Paul Peel

The Little Shepherdess, 1892.

The Little Shepherdess (museum title)

Paul Peel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

Saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

Saint Jean-Baptiste, 1610.

Saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Borghese Gallery, Italy

The Divine Shepherdess (La Divina Pastora), Miguel Cabrera

The Divine Shepherdess (La Divina Pastora), c. 1760.

The Divine Shepherdess (La Divina Pastora) (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on copper

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), United States

'Mount Fyans' homestead, Louis Buvelot

'Mount Fyans' homestead, 1869.

'Mount Fyans' homestead (museum title)

Louis Buvelot (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Moses and the Daughters of Jethro, Théophile Hamel

Moses and the Daughters of Jethro, after 1838.

Moses and the Daughters of Jethro (museum title)

Théophile Hamel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

La Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange, Eugène Delacroix

La Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange, 1861.

La Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil, plaster, and wax

Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France

Storm on the Hortobágy, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

Storm on the Hortobágy, 1903.

Vihar a nagy Hortobágyon (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Country people on their way to Rome, Wilhelm Marstrand

Country people on their way to Rome, 1869.

Landboere på vej til Rom (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

In the Auvergne, Jean-François Millet

In the Auvergne, c. 1866–1869.

In the Auvergne (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Historic Spot of Rome (left), Takeuchi Seihō

Historic Spot of Rome (left), 1903.

Historic Spot of Rome (left) (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk, folding screen

Umi-Mori Art Museum, Japan

Haystacks: Autumn, Jean-François Millet

Haystacks: Autumn, c. 1874.

Haystacks: Autumn (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Sheep Wash in the Western District, Louis Buvelot

Sheep Wash in the Western District, 1874.

Sheep wash in the western district (museum title)

Louis Buvelot (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of South Australia

Jacob's Departure, Rodolfo Amoedo

Jacob's Departure, 1884.

A Partida de Jacó (museum title)

Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil

The Church of Gréville, Jean-François Millet

The Church of Gréville, 1871–1874.

L'Église de Gréville (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Bunka, Hugo Simberg

Bunka, 1913.

Bunka-lammas (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Terinalum [i.e. Terrinallum] 2, 1868, Louis Buvelot

Terinalum [i.e. Terrinallum] 2, 1868, 1868.

Terinalum [i.e. Terrinallum] 2, 1868 (museum title)

Louis Buvelot (Australian), pencil on paper

State Library Victoria, Australia

Landscape from Sandefjord, Hans Gude

Landscape from Sandefjord, 1884.

Landscape from Sandefjord (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), gouache

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Idyll (Fragment eines Wandschirms), Arnold Böcklin

Idyll (Fragment eines Wandschirms), c. 1872.

Idyll (Fragment eines Wandschirms) (museum title)

Arnold Böcklin (Swiss), oil on canvas on gold ground

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Job Reproved by his Friends, James Barry

Job Reproved by his Friends, 1777.

Job Reproved by his Friends (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching and aquatint

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Sheepdog, Józef Chełmoński

Sheepdog, 1897.

Owczarek (museum title)

Józef Chełmoński (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Washing the sheep in front of a house, Anna Ancher

Washing the sheep in front of a house, c. 1920.

Fårevask foran et hus (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Anchers Hus (Skagens Museum), Denmark

The Tower of Chailly near Barbizon, Jean-François Millet

The Tower of Chailly near Barbizon, 1873.

The Tower of Chailly near Barbizon (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Mesdag Collection, Netherlands

An Interior of a Barn, Camille Corot

An Interior of a Barn, 1874.

Intérieur de bergerie (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Mount Fyans woolshed, Louis Buvelot

Mount Fyans woolshed, 1869.

Mount Fyans woolshed (museum title)

Louis Buvelot (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Shearing shed, Newstead, Tom Roberts

Shearing shed, Newstead, 1893–1894.

Shearing shed, Newstead (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on wood panel

National Gallery of Australia

Summer Afternoon, Templestowe, Louis Buvelot

Summer Afternoon, Templestowe, 1866.

Summer afternoon, Templestowe (museum title)

Louis Buvelot (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Golden summer, Eaglemont, Arthur Streeton

Golden summer, Eaglemont, 1889.

Golden summer, Eaglemont (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

L'Épiphanie, Hieronymus Bosch

L'Épiphanie, 1494.

L'Épiphanie (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Prado Museum, Spain

Falling Leaves, Jean-François Millet

Falling Leaves, c. 1866.

Falling Leaves (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), pastel and Conté crayon on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Shearing sheep, Anna Ancher

Shearing sheep, 1900.

Fåreklipning (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on wood

Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark

Weighing the Fleece, George W. Lambert

Weighing the Fleece, 1921.

Weighing the fleece (museum title)

George W. Lambert (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

The sheepfold, moonlight, Jean-François Millet

The sheepfold, moonlight, c. 1872.

Le Parc à moutons, clair de lune (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French)

Musée d'Orsay, France

Changing pasture, James Nairn

Changing pasture, 1899.

Changing pasture (museum title)

James Nairn (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Landscape with Cows, Sheep and a Shepherdess, Modified Copy after Paulus Potter, Jean-Étienne Liotard

Landscape with Cows, Sheep and a Shepherdess, Modified Copy after Paulus Potter, 1761.

Landscape with Cows, Sheep and a Shepherdess, Modified Copy… (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Terrinallum homestead, Louis Buvelot

Terrinallum homestead, 1869.

Terrinallum homestead (museum title)

Louis Buvelot (Australian), oil on canvas

State Library Victoria, Australia

A break away!, Tom Roberts

A break away!, 1891.

A break away! (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of South Australia

Pastoral Scene, Titien

Pastoral Scene, c. 1565.

Pastoral Scene (museum title)

Titien (Italian), pen and brown ink, black chalk, heightened with white gouache

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Our English Coasts, 1852 ('Strayed Sheep'), William Holman Hunt

Our English Coasts, 1852 ('Strayed Sheep'), 1852.

Our English Coasts, 1852 ('Strayed Sheep') (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

The Parable of the Good Shepherd, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Parable of the Good Shepherd, 1565.

The Parable of the Good Shepherd (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Musea Brugge, Belgium

Landscape with a Calm (Un Tem[p]s calme et serein), Nicolas Poussin

Landscape with a Calm (Un Tem[p]s calme et serein), 1650–1651.

Landscape with a Calm (Un Tem[p]s calme et serein) (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Malham Cove, Arthur Streeton

Malham Cove, 1910.

Malham Cove (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

The Misanthrope, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Misanthrope, 1568.

The Misanthrope (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), tempera on canvas

Museo di Capodimonte, Italy

The Golden Fleece, Tom Roberts

The Golden Fleece, 1894.

The Golden Fleece (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

The Keeper of the Flock, Jean-François Millet

The Keeper of the Flock, 1871–1874.

The Keeper of the Flock (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Trym og Loke, Erik Werenskiold

Trym og Loke, c. 1915.

Trym og Loke (museum title)

Erik Werenskiold (Norwegian), pen and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Shearing the Rams, Tom Roberts

Shearing the Rams, 1890.

Shearing the rams (museum title)

Tom Roberts (Australian), oil on canvas mounted on panel

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

The Little Shepherdess, Jean-François Millet

The Little Shepherdess, 1868–1872.

The Little Shepherdess (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on wood

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Job Reproved by His Friends, James Barry

Job Reproved by His Friends, 1777.

Job Reproved by His Friends (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching over traces of aquatint

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Spring, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Spring, 1565.

Spring (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), pen and ink, pencil, red chalk

Albertina, Austria

Study of a sheep, Johan Christian Dahl

Study of a sheep, c. 1847.

Sauestudie (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway