Caption

Shepherd's Scene with a Laden Donkey, Roos, Philipp Peter 1657–1706 painter. General tones of brown against a grey-blue sky with pink clouds and a slightly marked mountain range. The second plan on the right consists of buildings and clumps of trees. The foreground is a genre scene: next to a donkey laden with baskets a peasant secures the load; nearby are two dogs, two goats and two rams. 18th century, Italy; overdoor. Height 92.0 cm, width 127.5 cm., A painted scene within an ornate white frame shows a group of animals and a person under a cloudy sky. The painting includes a donkey with a woven pack, a few goats and a dog gathered around, and a person leaning close to the donkey. The background shows a landscape with low hills, a tower-like structure, and a couple of tall trees. Visible colors include muted browns, tans, creams, dark greens, deep blues, soft grays, and touches of reddish-brown and off-white in the sky, animals, and frame.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_017

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.4Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shepherd's Scene Laden Donkey Roos Philipp Peter 1657–1706 painter General tones brown grey-blue sky pink clouds slightly marked mountain range second plan right consists buildings clumps trees foreground genre scene next donkey laden baskets peasant secures load nearby two dogs two goats two rams 18th century Italy overdoor Height 92.0 cm width 127.5 cm painted scene within ornate white frame group animals person under cloudy sky painting includes donkey woven pack goats dog gathered person leaning close background landscape low hills tower- structure couple tall trees Visible colors include muted browns tans creams dark greens deep blues soft grays touches reddish-brown off-white sky frame.