n moresombre key is that of an old Roman shepherdwho came at times to the Via Marguta. Quietand full of repose, the Roman Campagna seems tostretch out behind this old shepherd, the restful-ness of the close of day seems to fall upon hiswhite hair. The brown-cloaked figure sits againsta brown… … F.\IRV T.\LES BV E. M. M KEY featured Roman face is bent in thought or dreams,for these shepherds, though unlettered, are oftenpoets of the soil. Here, too, the hands areinteresting—old, brown, gnarled hands, hardenedwith toil but now at rest, one upon the shepherdsstaff, the other rela.xed upon…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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