Allegory of sheep farming in Slovakia depicted as a shepherd tending a herd of sheep. Allegorical mosaic after design by Czech artist Mikolas Ales on the Zemska Bank Building in Prague, Czech Republic. The building of the Zemska Bank, later used by the Zivnostenska Bank, was designed by Czech architect Osvald Polivka and built in 1894-1896 in Na Prikope Street.

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