Shepherds Dreaming of the Flight into Egypt
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Deshays
Artist bio: French, Colleville 1729–1765 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 18th century
Medium: Oil paint over black chalk on paper, mounted on canvas. Varnished.
Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.  (33.4 x 30.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1983
Accession year: 1983
Tags: Sleeping|Men|Women|Sheep|Shepherds