Landscape painting with figures and herds, oil on canvas, 18th century.

Oil painting on canvas. Italian school of the 18th century. In a rather arid landscape, with architectural ruins on the left and snow-capped peaks in the background on the right, shepherds pass along the path, driving their herds of cows, sheep, and goats. In this Nordic landscape setting, the rosy hue of the sky and the pastoral character of the scene create that idealistic atmosphere typical of 18th-century landscape painting, where the satisfaction of feeling prevailed over the intention of a realistic transposition. Restored and re-canvas, the painting is presented in a period frame.