staffage
Sign in to savethumb|View of Tivoli at Sunset, 1644, with cows and cowherds as staffage, by Claude Lorrain
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thumb|View of Tivoli at Sunset, 1644, with cows and cowherds as staffage, by Claude Lorrain
In painting, staffage () are the minor human and animal figures depicted in a scene, especially a landscape, that are not the primary subject matter of the work. Typically they are small, and there to add an indication of scale and add interest.
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