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| Title | The Shepherd’s Return | |
| Collection | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Mali, Christian Friedrich (German painter and printmaker, 1832-1906) | |
| Date Earliest | 1871 | |
| Date Latest | 1881 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | The painting depicts a rustic landscape comprising a track cresting the brow of a hill, with some misty mountains in the far distance. In the centre of the painting are a shepherdess and her flock, winding their weary way home over the hill. The shepherdess has a large basket on her back, and a staff, or crook, resting over her shoulder. | |
| Current Accession Number | BLKMG:P213 | |
| Inscription | front ll 'Christian Mali München 18[7 or 8]1' | |
| Subject | landscape; figure; animal (sheep) | |
| Measurements | 48.3 x 94 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Miss Stock 1924. | |
| Notes | Miss Stock lived at ‘Ellerslie', East Park Road, Blackburn. | |
| Rights Owner | © Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery | |
| Author | Malcolm Barclay | |