Francesco Zuccarelli, R.A. (Pitigliano 1702-1788 Florence)

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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE MRS. MICHAEL FRY, FULBECK HALL, LINCOLNSHIRE. SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS (Lot 52)

Francesco Zuccarelli, R.A. (Pitigliano 1702-1788 Florence)

A landscape with peasants and animals by a river with a fortified town on a ridge beyond

Details

Francesco Zuccarelli, R.A. (Pitigliano 1702-1788 Florence)
A landscape with peasants and animals by a river with a fortified town on a ridge beyond
oil on canvas
32½ x 45½ in. (82 x 115.7 cm.)

Provenance

John Elliot Burnside, Gedling House, Nottinghamshire, and by descent through
Major Richard Rawnsley, Well Vale, Lincolnshire, to
Sarah Rawnsley, and by inheritance to the vendor.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Born in Tuscany, Francesco Zuccarelli trained as a figural painter under Pietro Nelli in Rome. Around 1732, he moved to Venice, which prompted a close study of Marco Ricci's paintings and led him exclusively to paint landscapes that avoided the topographical type of Venetian view developed by Canaletto and the stormier landscapes of Marco Ricci, adopting instead a decorative landscape style of idealized Italian countryside, as in the present painting.

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