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    Image number: RS.9777
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    Rustic landscape with shepherd and animals

    Date
    17th century
    Creator
    Philipp Peter Roos (1657 - 1706, German) , Painter
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    diameter (painting): 307mm
    Content object
    nature
       > landscape
    Description
    Landscape with a young shepherd and his dog, with long-horned cattle and goats. The shepherd is seated on a rock and faces into the landscape, holding a staff. In the centre is a ruined and overgrown church or abbey on a hill and mountains in the distance.
    Transcription
    AM - MINISTRAZZIONE-GEN-DELLE-REGIL – REMENDICE
    B99
    145DG
    HERSTMONCEAUX
    Rosa di Tivoli Phillips July 15 1873
    21
    Object history
    Donated 1961.

    The donation is recorded in Council Minutes: “Reported that the Officers had gratefully accepted an offer by Lady Spencer Jones to present to the Royal Society in memory of her husband and his devotion to the Society a pair of pictures painted by Rosa da Tivoli in about 1650. The pictures, which were displayed at the meeting ar equite small and painted on wood; on the reverse side is the seal of the Italian royal family. Resolved – That the thanks of the Society be returned for this gift.” [Royal Society Council Minutes, Printed, CMP/20, 1957-1961, meeting of 18 May 1961, p.573].

    One of a pair of portraits, perhaps intended to represent youth and age.
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