Wall painting: Shepherd Idyll
by TERRENI, Giuseppe Maria, Fresco
The picture shows one of the two opposing wall paintings, the Shepherd Idyll and Nobleman in Front of a Tavern, in the Sala delle Opere e dei Giorni. These paintings with charming landscapes were most likely meant to be images of antithetical spheres of life. The shepherd idyll in a landscape dotted with classical ruins is juxtaposed to a craggy landscape featuring a country tavern with hustling activity in front of it.