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 middle distance on the right shows 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 showing a dusky sky with clouds in shades of brown and blue, a group of animals in the foreground including goats and sheep with fur tones of white, gray, brown, and tan, a stone structure and small buildings silhouetted against the horizon in darker brown and muted earth tones, a pair of tall, dark trees near the buildings, and a pale vertical border at the far right.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_019

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.7Mb) / 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 middle distance right 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 showing dusky sky clouds shades blue group animals goats sheep fur tones white gray tan stone structure small buildings silhouetted horizon darker brown muted earth tones pair tall dark trees near pale vertical border far right.