Thenot en Colinet hoeden samen hun schapen

An older shepherd, Thenot, points toward a flock of sheep within a wooden pen while welcoming the traveler Colinet. The scene is depicted with the heavy, expressive lines and dramatic lighting of William Blake's visionary wood-engraving style. In the background, a simple thatched hut sits beneath a rugged, dark sky.

Blake's woodcuts for Virgil represent a 'visionary' turn in landscape art, interpreting the pastoral tradition through a spiritual lens influenced by his idiosyncratic Neoplatonic and mystical beliefs. This series was foundational for the 'Ancients,' a group of artists including Samuel Palmer who viewed the rustic landscape as a site of divine and poetic revelation.