Series: |
Das Schweizerische Schulwandbilder Werk |
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Timeframe: |
Antike |
Scene of action: |
Unknown |
Illustrator: |
Deringer, F. |
Publisher: |
Ernst Ingold & Co., Herzogenbuchsee |
Year of publication: |
1943 |
Themes: |
The picture shows an estate (villa rustica) in a Germanic or Gaulish province of the Roman Empire. In the foreground you can see the agricultural work and the grain harvest. The landlord is riding a horse and watching the peasants work. The farmstead, with the main building, agricultural and annex buildings as well as temple is depicted in the background. In front of the farmyard you can see the road with a group of Roman soldiers and a few cavalrymen, carriages and haywains.