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Károly Lotz was an active and celebrated painter of second half of the last century. Many of his large murals can be found in the capital in public buildings (Opera House, National Museum), churches and private places. He studied in Vienna under Karl Rahl and his works show the effect of the great Renaissance masters, Raphael in particular. Most of his paintings are of mythological subjects, portraits or nudes, though in the early phase of his art he did some significant representations of native scenery such as the Great Hungarian Plain and the life of the peasants.
The setting sun hidden behind a cloud lights up the landscape of the plain, catching the shepherd and his herd in the foreground and the gleaming surface of the water. The bucolic atmosphere of landscape, the little cottage in the trees in the background and the silence of Nature preparing for rest give great intimacy to this painting by Lotz.
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