Curtis_O_Baer_2010

scenes around Barbizon. The cowherd leaning on his staff would become a favorite sub ject for the artist, finding its most profound expression in The Man with the Hoe of 1860 – 62 . The Baer drawing is most closely related to the 1849 – 50 Forest with Shepherdess and Sheep and to the 1855 Shepherd and Sheep , both in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

We are grateful to Alexandra Murphy for her help in cataloguing this drawing.