Flock of sheep

Giovanni Segantini described the painting in a letter dated 11 October 1896 written to Domenico Tumiati. The work is the representation of the carefree love of the female and thoughtful of the male. The embrace represents the impulse of youth and spring. Their white clothes also represent purity. Flowering rhododendrons represent eternal love while "zembri", (Swiss stone pine, Cembri) represent eternal hope. Within a natural landscape, two lovers walk embraced. On the left, an angel with wide white and feathered wings is seated next to the source of life. The couple advances on the beaten path, towards the source, in the center of the painting. The two are embraced and dressed in large white tunics waved by the wind. Their bodies, below, are naked and their expressions carefree and serene. The dark-haired boy tilts his face towards the red-haired girl.