Grazing Sheep, Shepherd Antique Art Print ~ Schenck

Antique Goupil & Cie. photogravure art print from the picture by August-Frederic- Albrecht-Schenck.

Printed on mid-weight ivory colored stock. Reverse side is blank.

Title: In the Stubble Fields

Publication: The Masterpieces of French Art

Publication Year: 1883

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 14 x 11

Approximate Image Size (in inches): 10½ x 6

Condition: Very good, clean overall condition with a few spots of light foxing. Atticpaper.com watermark does not appear on actual print.

Favorite theme, which the poets have so often sung, is the delights of pastoral life.

happy if ye knew your happy state,
Ye rangers of the fields! whom Nature's boon
Cheers with her smiles, and every element
Conspires to bless.

The merchant, the professional man, the artisan, each alike turns with a sigh of desire from his confining pursuits within city walls, to the open air, the green hills bathed in sunlight and rendered more beautiful and peaceful by browsing flocks. Even gross old Falstaff, dying, "babbled o' green fields!" Well, next to the actual enjoyment of such pleasures, is the delightful suggestion of them which a faithful picture affords. What a treat our artist supplies in this exquisite bit of nature! The shepherd leans dreamily on his staff, relieved from care by his faithful dog; the sheep group themselves with a charming naturalness, and every line of the artist contributes to the perfect expression of their form and character. The group in the foreground is surpassingly fine. Wandering over the wide spaces of the picture, the eye of the spectator loses itself afar at the melting of the horizon and the sky, while the mind yields to delighful reveries.