Shepherd and his flock resting by a river
I-Rc Ms2478.02 detail

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Shepherd and his flock resting by a river, to scale
68 × 81 mm, beside a 1.8 m figure.
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Shepherd and his flock resting by a river

Catalogue ID1.08
Artist Master of the Roman Songbook (1650-1660); Domenico Jacovacci (1604-1661)
Object type drawing · initial: Vignette - non allusive
Date1652
PlaceRome
Collection Biblioteca Casanatense (Rome)
Inv. no.I-Rc Ms2478.02
Tech. / supportbrown ink, graphite, paper, pen
Measures68 × 81 mm
Subject25H213 — river
47I221 — herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.
47I2211 — herd, flock
48C7351 — flute, aulos, tibia

Shepherd making music and his flock resting by a river.

Cantata
Fillide mia dhe come
Composer
Luigi Rossi (ca. 1597-1653)
Manuscript
Casanatense cantata album — I-Rc Ms2478
CLORI
https://cantataitaliana.it/scheda/771

Annibaldi, C. (1987). La cappella musicale... (pp. 44-46)

Bianco, Anna. Images for the Music: Drawings and secular cantatas. Ph.D. dissertation, Leiden University, 2025

Bianco, Anna. “The Master of the Roman Songbook.” Going South: Artistic Exchange between the Netherlands and Italy in the 17th Century, vol. IX, RKD & NIKI, 2023. (nr. 2)

Caluori, Eleanor. The Cantatas of Luigi Rossi: Analysis and Thematic Index. UMI Research Press, 1980. (nr. 76)

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