Man with Sheep, Antique Oil on Canvas on Board Painting 1880 Stands up straight on its

Stands up straight on its flat base

it's pretty great

The one with the smaller bowl shows a little roughness around the edges of the bowl and some scratching to its interior

and then that red and blue butterfly at left

with stalky orange flower almost turning it into a unicorn

Man with Sheep, Antique Oil on Canvas on Board Painting 1880 Stands up straight on itsSuch a lovely, quiet, gentle painting, with this man in greens, the sheep (I believe) walking along with him (following his bucket I think!), and the landscape around them all feeling very much as one. With such a serene poise about him, I'd be inclined to follow him too! He, the sheep and the white sky behind are more thickly painted than the ground around them, where the canvas shows through in some areas, adding to the feeling of this as a romantic