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The Good Shepherd by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Good Shepherd

Unrecorded maker

280–90 CE · Sculpture, marble

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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation to the Shepherds

Unrecorded maker

c. 1460 · Manuscript, ink, tempera and gold on vellum

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Shepherds in a Round Dance by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Shepherds in a Round Dance

Unrecorded maker

around 1500 · Tapestry, Wool and silk: tapestry weave

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Pair of Candelabra Depicting Allegorical Figures of Liberty and Matrimony by Derby Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Candelabra Depicting Allegorical Figures of Liberty and Matrimony

Derby Porcelain Factory

c. 1775 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain

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Figure of a Gardener by Bow Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Figure of a Gardener

Bow Porcelain Factory

c. 1765–70 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain

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Candelabrum Depicting an Allegorical Figure of Liberty by Derby Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Candelabrum Depicting an Allegorical Figure of Liberty

Derby Porcelain Factory

c. 1775 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain

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Figure of a Gardener by Bow Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Figure of a Gardener

Bow Porcelain Factory

c. 1765–70 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain

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Landscape with Sheep and Two Shepherds by Thomas Barker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with Sheep and Two Shepherds

Thomas Barker (d. 1847)

first half 19th century? · Drawing, pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash with graphite; squared in graphite

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Candelabrum Depicting an Allegorical Figure of Matrimony by Derby Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Candelabrum Depicting an Allegorical Figure of Matrimony

Derby Porcelain Factory

c. 1775 · Ceramic, soft-paste porcelain

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Figure from a Crèche: Group of Four Sheep by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Figure from a Crèche: Group of Four Sheep

Unrecorded maker

1780–1830 · Sculpture, painted terracotta

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Su Wu the Shepherd by Min Zhen, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Su Wu the Shepherd

Min Zhen (d. 1788)

1788 · Painting, album leaf, ink on paper

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Sketch for "The Wolf Turned Shepherd" (recto) by Gustave Doré, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketch for "The Wolf Turned Shepherd" (recto)

Gustave Doré (d. 1883)

c. 1868 · Drawing, graphite

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