An Italian Landscape with Boy Piping
Francesco Zuccarelli, RA (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1702 - 1788
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1022 x 1346 mm (40 1/4 x 53 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 138298
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Italian Landscape with Boy Piping by Francesco Zuccarelli, RA (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788) (One of a pair. NT/UPP/P/134 is other). A boy playing on the pipes beneath two trees in the centre of the picture and three women listening.
Provenance
Early 19th century hanging-plans, in the Saloon on of: '17, or 9.' 'Landscapes Zuccarelli' [lower register, one tot he right of the chimney piece with Queen Charlotte, the other to the left of the chimneypiece with George III] lter swapped by National Trust for one of the two better-preserved pictures, 47 & 48]; purchased from the family with the help of a grant from the Purchase Grant Fund, 1976.
Credit line
Uppark, The Fetherstonhaugh Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Francesco Zuccarelli, RA (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788), artist