Piping Shepherds
{{Short description|Painting by Aelbert Cuyp}}
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| image_file=Piping Shepherds MET DP143163.jpg
| image_size=350px
| title=Piping Shepherds
| artist=Aelbert Cuyp
| year=1643-1644
| material=Oil on canvas
| height_metric=90.8
| width_metric=119.4
| museum=Metropolitan Museum of Art
| city=New York
}}
Piping Shepherds is an oil-on-canvas painting created in 1643–44 by the Dutch artist Aelbert Cuyp. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436062?sortBy=Relevance&what=Paintings&ft=*&offset=60&rpp=20&pos=62|title=www.metmuseum.org|website=www.metmuseum.org|access-date=2018-08-09}}
Description
The painting depicts two shepherds who are playing a tune on their instruments, enjoying a moment of leisure, with a third lying besides them. One of them, an older man, who is seated, plays the bagpipe, while the other, a child, standing, plays the flute. Two cows look at the scene, from the right, while their abandoned flock wanders nearby. In the foreground, a dog seems to remind them of their duty. A landscape, with the sea and a city visible, is seen at the left.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436062?sortBy=Relevance&what=Paintings&ft=*&offset=60&rpp=20&pos=62|title=www.metmuseum.org|website=www.metmuseum.org|access-date=2018-08-09}}
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Category:Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Category:Paintings by Aelbert Cuyp
Category:Oil on canvas paintings
Category:Musical instruments in art
Category:Works about music and musicians
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