2517 - Gloeden, Wilhelm von. Shepherd Boy. Albumen print. Vintage. Stamped on the reverse with "C" and "déposé gesetzlich geschützt" (in purple), as well as with the collector's stamp of "Theodor Her" and the handwritten number "186." Circa 1890. Sheet dimensions: 16 x 11.8 cm.

Gloeden, Wilhelm von. Shepherd Boy. Albumen print. Vintage. Stamped on the reverse with "C" and "déposé gesetzlich geschützt" (in purple), as well as with the collector's stamp of "Theodor Her" and the handwritten number "186." Circa 1890. Sheet dimensions: 16 x 11.8 cm. Reproduced in: Gleeson White, *On Photographing the Nude*, 1894, p. 104, and referred to as “Shepherd Boy” in *Die Schoenheit*, I 1903, p. 197. - A mirror-reversed version of the motif (0223) is also reproduced in: Joseph Kiermeier-Debre & Fritz Vogel (eds.), Wilhelm von Gloeden—Auch ich in Arkadien, Boehlau Verlag, Cologne 2007, p. 158. - A nude back view of a young man by Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856–1931), who shared a passion for “Arcadian scenes with handsome young men and beautiful girls” with his cousin Wilhelm (Guglielmo) Plüschow (1852–1930) shared a passion for “Arcadian scenes featuring handsome young men and beautiful girls” (Peter Weiermair in the foreword to: Guglielmo Plüschow, Erotische Photographien, Cologne, Taschen, 1993). - The photograph, formerly mounted, shows slight pressure marks in the corners and minimal staining. - Provenance: Likely acquired in 1890 during a trip to Italy by the painter Theodor Her (1838–1892), who also devoted himself to nude photography of male models; in his family’s possession ever since; from the estate of Hans von Hoermann.