Caption

Shepherd's Scene with a Shepherd Milking a Goat, Roos, Philipp Peter 1657–1706. The overall tones are browns and dark blues. The surface is fully composed; the focal point is a cow standing at the back and a group of five animals three sheep and two goats filling the right side of the scene. On the right, a seated shepherd in a sheepskin coat and hat milks a goat into a wooden bucket. Next to the goat is a small white kid. At the front a dog laps water from a shallow pond. In the right background city buildings are visible on a hill. The dark sky is covered with puffy clouds. In the upper corner is the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli. The painting features several identical faces of sheep and rams. Philipp Peter Roos, known as Rosa di Tivoli born August 30, 1657 in Sankt Goar; died January 17, 1706 in Rome — German landscape painter. Possibly related works: NB 4918, NB 4920, and NB 4921. 18th century, Italy; overdoor; height 91.0 cm, width 127.0 cm., A dark, muted scene dominated by deep browns, blacks, and dark greens with touches of off-white and cream; it shows a group of animals and a person wearing a brown hat and a textured brown garment. A large brown ox with curved horns appears in the upper left, a light-colored goat with long hair stands nearby, and a dog with cream and dark fur is in the lower foreground sniffing the ground. The person is seated among the animals, visible in profile with a beard and a hat, and reaches toward a dark-furred animal at right. The sky behind them is clouded with gray and muted blue tones, and the overall palette is shadowed and earth-toned with highlights of pale cream on the animals’ fur.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_013

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.5Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shepherd's Scene Shepherd Milking Goat Roos Philipp Peter 1657–1706 tones browns dark blues surface fully composed focal point cow standing back group five animals three sheep two goats filling right side scene right seated shepherd sheepskin coat hat milks goat wooden bucket Next small white kid front dog laps water shallow pond right background city buildings visible hill dark sky covered puffy clouds upper corner Temple Sibyl Tivoli painting features several identical faces sheep rams Philipp Peter Roos Rosa di Tivoli born August 30 1657 Sankt Goar died January 17 1706 Rome German landscape painter related works Nb 4918 Nb 4920 Nb 4921 18th century Italy overdoor height 91.0 cm width 127.0 cm dark muted scene dominated deep browns blacks dark greens touches off-white cream animals person wearing brown hat textured brown garment large brown ox curved horns upper left light-colored goat long hair stands nearby dog dark fur lower foreground sniffing ground person seated profile beard hat reaches dark-furred animal sky them clouded gray muted blue tones palette shadowed earth-toned highlights pale cream animals’ fur.