Herder op een heuveltje, kijkend naar zijn schapen, BI-1890-1952-44, Gesina ter Borch, circa 1654

Identification title(s): shepherd on a hillock, looking at his sheep. Object type: drawing calligraphy poem watercolor object number: bi-1890-1952-44. Catalog reference: kettering 61-gs. Note: folio 44. Description: shepherd looking at his sheep under shepherd's lament to the tune of fairest nymph in the forest. Manufacture. Manufacturer: draftsman: gesina ter borch calligrapher: gesina ter borch. Place of manufacture: zwolle. Date: ca. 1654. Physical characteristics: pen in brown, brush in black and colours, some details enhanced with silver. Material: paper pen (feather) ink watercolor technique: brush / calligraphy. Dimensions: sheet: h 313 mm × w 204 mm explanation the poem was published in the utrechts zang-prieeltien from 1649 (p. 233f) with the same melody reference and signed by 'g. H. Vree creates vreught'. Credit line: purchase with the support of the rembrandt association. Acquisition: purchase feb-1887. Date: circa 1654.