KAREL DUJARDIN | A young shepherd asleep, surrounded by his sheepdog, his sheep and his cow

Wenzel Anton, Prince von Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711-1794), Palais Kaunitz, Vienna (according to a label on the reverse).

Dujardin's landscapes constitute the majority of his production. Trained in Amsterdam, he specialised in scenes including animals, such as the present work, set in Dutch or hybrid landscapes, following the example of artists such as Nicolaes Berchem and Paulus Potter.