Portrait of a Man as a Shepherd

Willem de Heer

17th century

Opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment

Fogg Museum

A young man in a red skirt and gray coat sits in a landscape playing a flute to a flock of sheep. He is seated under a large tree on the left, with sheep resting around him. The background shows a rolling landscape under a cloudy sky. The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift