Der betende Hirt. Der gute Hirt
A pair of hand-coloured German religious prints from 1848, showing shepherd scenes with captions in decorative script for a devotional or instructional audience. The first shows a kneeling shepherd in a blue coat praying at a niche of flowers beside a dog and sheep, and the second a shepherd boy in a red skirt with a crook among lambs and flowers. A designer could take the warm flat palette, the pastoral village backdrops, and the simple storytelling poses.
