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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
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
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.
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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