A Capriccio of Roman Ruins with Rustic Figures

British (English) School. Oil painting on canvas, A Capriccio of Roman Ruins with Rustic Figures, British (English) School, early - mid 18th century. A capriccio landscape of Roman ruins, in a landscape with vaguely Italianate buildings behind. The ruins include those of the Colosseum (with an obelisk poking up from it) and of the Temple of Jupiter Stator [CHECK] on the right, and an invented [?] ruin and an urn on the left. In the centre, a man dressed in red on a horse gestures towards a man indicating the way to him, seated beside a woman, at the left. A market woman with a basket sits beside the ruins of the temple on the right. Between her and the horseman are three cows and two sheep, which are in the care of a shepherd leaning on his staff in the middle distance. Pair to 500453. Lyme Park, Cheshire (Accredited Museum)