Caption

Shepherd Scene with a View of the Castle, Philipp Peter Roos 1657–1706. Multicolored composition with dominant shades of brown against a blue sky with white clouds and a distinct pink glow. In the foreground, the central group consists of two goats, a male and a female, lying down, with a male goat standing behind them. On the left, a slope, a dog, and a shepherd sitting in half-profile, wearing a brown sheepskin coat, blue trousers, a white shirt, and stockings. On the right, in the background on a hill, two cylindrical buildings and castle buildings behind them. 18th century, Italy. Overdoor. Height 92.0 cm, width 115.0 cm., A pastoral scene shows a group of animals and a person in a landscape under a sky of blue and gray with pinkish clouds; several shaggy white and brown goats lie and stand in the foreground, their fur rendered with visible texture, and a larger brown ram stands behind them. A person wearing garments in shades of brown, blue, and white reclines near the animals, with hair dark brown and skin in a warm tone. In the midground there are dark rocky mounds and low vegetation in greens and dark browns, and a stone structure with rounded towers sits atop a hill to the right with small pale buildings nearby. The composition is framed by an ornate off-white decorative border with curving details.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_022

License type

Rights managed

Available size

74.9Mb (2.8Mb) / 20.0in x 14.5in / 6000 x 4363 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shepherd Scene View Castle Philipp Peter Roos 1657–1706 Multicolored composition dominant shades brown blue sky white clouds distinct pink glow foreground central group consists two goats male female lying down male goat standing them left slope dog shepherd sitting half-profile wearing brown sheepskin coat blue trousers white shirt stockings right background hill two cylindrical buildings castle buildings 18th century Italy Overdoor Height 92.0 cm width 115.0 cm pastoral scene group animals person landscape under sky blue gray pinkish clouds several shaggy white brown goats lie stand fur rendered visible texture larger brown ram stands garments shades white reclines near hair dark brown skin warm tone midground dark rocky mounds low vegetation greens dark browns stone structure rounded towers sits atop small pale buildings nearby composition framed ornate off-white decorative border curving details.