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The Shepherd David
Elizabeth Jane Gardner
1895 · Oil Paint, Canvas
A dramatic 19th-century academic painting depicting the biblical hero David as a young shepherd triumphing over a predator.
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Where it works
A bold work with active energy with warm, lived-in color — brings a composed sense of weight.
- Often works in
- Living Room · Library · Study
- Placement
- Reads best as a confident vertical anchor
- Walls
- Best where a lighter wall gives it room to show
- Color notes
- Charcoal black, Olive green, Soft sage
About the piece
Painted in 1895 by Elizabeth Jane Gardner, this oil on canvas work captures the youthful David in a moment of heroic victory. As an American expatriate in Paris, Gardner adopted the refined academic style of her husband and mentor, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, evident here in the luminous skin tones and masterful anatomical rendering of the figures.
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