Pastoral Scenes
Wooded Landscape with a Boy Leading a Donkey and Dog
Thomas Gainsborough
This classic 18th-century English landscape captures a serene moment of rural travel overlooking an expansive atmospheric vista.
Serene Quiet
Restful, low-noise works with soft pacing and gentle visual presence.
Soft tone, open space, and gentle pacing keep this look calm, airy, and beautifully understated.
Pastoral Scenes
God Keep Them (Dieu les Garde)
Paul Prouho
A luminous symbolist scene of guardian angels tending to a flock of sheep beneath a golden twilight sky.
Pastoral Scenes
Resting Hunter
Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder
A beautifully rendered 19th-century genre painting capturing a tranquil moment of rest for a hunter and his dog.
Pastoral Scenes
The Thames from Richmond Hill
John Robert Cozens
A serene 18th-century watercolor capturing the quiet beauty of the Thames valley with delicate, atmospheric washes of color.
Pastoral Scenes
Landscape with a Column and Figures
Unknown Artist
This 17th-century classical landscape captures a serene, atmospheric vista of ruins and figures bathed in soft, golden light.
Old World Portraits
Portrait of Berc Lokšanský
Peter Michal Bohúň
A charming and tender 19th-century portrait of a young child in a whimsical pastoral landscape.