Pastoral scenes. 15th-century artwork of shepherds in a landscape with sheep, goats, cattle. Activities shown include shearing and milking (right). Ar
Pastoral scenes. 15th-century artwork of shepherds in a landscape with sheep, goats, cattle. Activities shown include shearing and milking (right). Artwork from Book III of a medieval edition of 'Georgics' by the Roman poet Virgil. Georgics is a collection of poems with rural themes. This edition, produced in Italy, dates from the period 1497 to 1499.
Size: 4001px × 2200px
Photo credit: © BRITISH LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1400s, 1497, 1498, 1499, 15th, adult, ages, agnelli, agricultural, agriculture, animal, artwork, bishop, caucasian, century, cosenza, countryside, edition, europe, european, farm, farmer, farmers, farming, fauna, female, fields, georgics, goat, herding, historical, history, horse, horses, human, husbandry, illustration, land, landscape, livestock, ludovico, male, man, manuscript, meadows, mediaeval, medieval, men, middle, milk, milking, occupation, outdoors, pastoral, pasture, pastureland, people, person, river, rural, shear, shearing, sheep, sheepdog, shepherd, shepherds, stream, virgil, white, woman, wool, woollen.
