Arcadian Landscape

Francesco Zuccarelliend of the fifth decade of the XVIII century

Details

Title: Arcadian Landscape
Creator Lifespan: 1702 - 1788
Creator Nationality: Italian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Florence
Creator Birth Place: Pitigliano, Grosseto
Date: end of the fifth decade of the XVIII century
Provenance: Archbishop's Painting Gallery, Pozzobonelli Collection
Physical Dimensions: w66.5 x h49.5 cm
Painter: Francesco Zuccarelli
Description: Dated to the end of the fifth decade of the eighteenth century, this airy scene is built with assurance. The leaves of the tree on the left reflect the brightness of the sky and there are some buildings in the background, sloping down along the side of the hill that encloses the composition. The influence of the Roman landscape painters, such as Anesi and Locatelli, and the artist’s study of Venetian painter Marco Ricci combine in this work, resulting in a refined Arcadian idyll. The skill of the artist is evident in the rendering of the figures, accurately modeled in flesh tones, and in the delicate chiaroscuro that enlivens the color range. This work was probably commissioned, along with others, directly by Cardinal Pozzobonelli, who was interested in Tuscan landscape painting, between 1747 and 1748, a date range that accords with the compositional and stylistic features of the painting.
Type: painting
Rights: © Archivio fotografico Museo Diocesano, Milano
Medium: oil on canvas

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