Herding Stock at Sunset

RDS_treasures_115_Tschaggeny_Herding Stock.jpg

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Title

Herding Stock at Sunset

Date

Identifier

RDS_treasures_115_Tschaggeny_Herding Stock.jpg

Description

Pastoral landscape at sunset. Positioned centre, a shepherd girl carrying a faggot in her proper left hand converses with a herdsman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and carrying a staff in his proper left hand while driving cattle and sheep on a hillock surmounted by two trees; to right at middle distance, a landscape with more trees and sheep; to left at far distance, a low-lying, bucolic landscape; the entire scene set against a vast, clear-blue sky tinged with pink-orange tones on the horizon; signed and dated lower right Edmond Tschaggeny p. 1854.

Source

RDS Treasures Collection

Rights

Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Relation

RDS Library & Archives

Format

Painting

Coverage

1854

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Oil on canvas

Physical Dimensions

137 x 244 cm

Collection

Citation

Tschaggeny, Edmond Jean Baptiste, 1818-1873, “Herding Stock at Sunset,” RDS, accessed October 8, 2024, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/4010.

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