Bathers by a pool before a classical ruin

Details

ANTONIO PIETRO FRANCESCO ZUCCHI, A.R.A. (VENICE 1726-1795 ROME)
Bathers by a pool before a classical ruin
signed ‘Ant. Zucchi’ (lower left)
pen and black ink, brown wash, heightened with white, graphite framing lines
16 ¼ x 11 in. (41.3 x 27.9 cm)

Provenance

Paul Sandby (1725-1809), London (L. 2112); Christie’s, London, 2 May 1811, possibly part of lot 59.
with Colnaghi, London, 1968.
Gerald Bronfman (1911-1986) and Marjorie Bronfman, née Schechter (1917-2012), Montreal; by descent to
Corinne Bronfman (1947-2022), Washington DC; by descent to the present owners.

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Lot Essay

Son of Francesco Zucchi, Antonio was active in Venice, London and Rome. In 1781 he married the painter Angelica Kauffman and together they later moved to Rome. A comparable drawing by Zucchi, similar in format and technique, is in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. 2008.148). Interestingly, the present sheet was in the collection of the painter Paul Sandby, Zucchi’s friend and fellow artist.

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