Travellers resting, with a couple making music in a landscape

細節

Francesco Giuseppe Casanova (London 1727-1802 Brühl)
Travellers resting, with a couple making music in a landscape
oil on canvas
483/8 x 56½ in. (122.9 x 143.5 cm.)

來源

The Hon. and Mrs Alvan T. Fuller, Boston, Massachusetts.
The Fuller Foundation, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; Christie's, London, 1 December 1961, lot 55, as Antonio Casanova (320 gns.).
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Born in London where his actor parents were touring in 1727, Francesco Casanova spent his youth in Venice. His brother, Giovanni Giacomo, the adventurer and lothario, records in his Mémoires that Francesco trained in Giovanni Antonio Guardi's studio for ten years, until 1749. In 1752 he went to Dresden, where he was influenced by Philips Wouwerman, an influence illustrated particularly in the subject matter of this picture. Five years later he settled in Paris where he became a member of the Académie, as well as a much sought-sought after court painter of battle, hunting and equestrian scenes.