Description
The Hireling Shepherd
Painting by William Holman Hunt
The Hireling Shepherd is a painting by the Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt. It represents a shepherd neglecting his flock in favour of an attractive country girl to whom he shows a death’s-head hawkmoth. The meaning of the image has been much debated. Wikipedia
Created: 1851
Medium: Oil Paint
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