Deshays: Herdsmen Driving Cattle across a Stream

Jean-Baptiste Deshays de Colleville: Herdsmen Driving Cattle across a Stream
oil and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper laid down on board
c. 1760
Washington DC National Gallery of Art
(http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=108723&image=30297&c=)
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Deshays was one of the most talented artist of his generation; unfortunately, he passed away too soon, a victime de ses goûts inconsideris as Diderot wrote; and he added, Né libertin, il est mort victime de son plaisir, while praising his huge talent: Ma foi, ou il faut brûler tout ce que les plus grands peintres de temples ont fait de mieux ou compter Deshayes parmi eux and Deshayes est le premier peintre de la Nation

(http://zanchi-collection.com/webkat4/258deshays.htm)

• Shepherds Dreaming of the Flight into Egypt (Metropolitan Museum)

(Washington DC National Gallery of Art)

(Diderot)

(Old Masters)