A pointer, in a landscape

Details

JACOB PHILIPP HACKERT (PRENZLAU 1737-1807 FLORENCE)
A pointer, in a landscape
signed and dated 'Filippo Hackert / 1806' (lower right)
oil on panel
14 x 10 7⁄8 in. (35.6 x 27.5 cm.)
inscribed 'S. Canzoni' (centre, on the dog's collar); and with inventory number '157' (lower left, on a label)

Provenance

Private collection, Italy, presumably by the end of the 19th century, and by descent to the present owners.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

According to the inscription on the collar, this noble pointer was presumably the beloved pet of the Canzoni family. Dated to the penultimate year of Hackert’s life, the picture was painted whilst the artist was living in San Piero di Careggio, near Florence, where he settled from 1799 following the Revolution in Naples.

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