# The Keeper of the Flock

- By: Jean François Millet (French, 1814–1875)
- Date: 1871–74
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 71.7 × 91.5 cm (28 × 36 in.); Framed: 105.5 × 125.1 × 14 cm (41 1/2 × 49 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/4776)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/0ace29f2-7bc1-714a-c364-12b57bcf8a93/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)