Wooden figurine Shepherd with Sheep by Artist Ján Krajči
Wooden figurine Shepherd with Sheep by Artist Ján Krajči
Producer
Krajčí Ján
Time frame
1990
Material
wood
Color
natural
Size
height 20 cm
About product
Wooden statuette of a shepherd with a sheep carved from a block of linden wood. Shepherd with mustache and beard dressed in a short fur coat or shirt and stylized trousers with a hint of decoration on the thighs, wearing stylized shoes with three straps – the typical styling of the author. Carrying a sheep slung over his shoulders, holding it by the legs. The characteristic pose of a shepherd from a Nativity scene of shepherds bowing. Does not have polychrome.
Native of Štiavnické Bane, he spent his childhood and youth in a village on the banks of the Hron River. After graduating from the University of Mining in Ostrava, he settled in Košice, where he worked as a research worker at VSŽ. He completed his...
