Landscape with Various Figures

Andrea Locatellithe twenties of the XVIII century

Details

Title: Landscape with Various Figures
Creator Lifespan: 1695 - 1741
Creator Nationality: Italian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Rome
Creator Birth Place: Rome
Date: the twenties of the XVIII century
Provenance: Archbishop's Painting Gallery, Pozzobonelli Collection
Physical Dimensions: w73.3 x h53.5 cm
Painter: Andrea Locatelli
Description: One of the most significant Roman painters of the eighteenth century, the landscape painter Andrea Locatelli dedicated himself to depicting ruins along with Paolo Panini, who was indebted to Locatelli for many of his ideas. Locatelli’s work is characterized by a personal style with Arcadian allusions taken from Lorrain, Dughet and van Bloemen. This work and the Landscape with Shepherds and a Figure on Horseback were probably purchased by Cardinal Pozzobonelli as a pair, though they were not originally put together by the artist, especially since they are from two different periods of his career. This painting, in fact, was carried out in the artist’s younger years, as evidenced by the date that emerged during restoration and is only partially legible, next to the artist’s signature (“And/rea/luca/tell…172”). One of the preparatory drawings for the Landscape with Various Figures still exists and is identical to the painting.
Type: painting
Rights: © Archivio fotografico Museo Diocesano, Milano
Medium: oil on canvas

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