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 dimly lit scene shows a person with dark hair and a beard wearing brown and dark clothing partially behind a white animal that has a decorated harness and face covering; the animal and person are beside a group of other animals with shaggy fur. The background shows a clouded sky in shades of muted blue, pink, and beige, and the foreground includes a large dark brown draped cloth or pack with textured patterns in browns and tans. Visible colors include brown, dark brown, white, beige, muted blue, pink, tan, and a little green.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_020

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (3.0Mb) / 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 dimly lit scene person dark hair beard wearing dark clothing partially white animal decorated harness face covering animal beside group animals shaggy fur background clouded sky shades muted blue pink beige foreground includes large dark brown draped cloth pack textured patterns browns tans Visible colors include dark brown white tan little green.