The Mill (after Claude Lorrain)
attributed to Andrea Locatelli (Rome 1695 – Rome 1741?)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1741
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
1499 x 1981 mm (59 x 78 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732157
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Mill (after Claude Lorrain), attributed to Andrea Locatelli (1695 -1741), 1700 - 1741. A variant copy of the painting by Claude Lorrain (Champagne 1604 - Rome 1682) in the collection of the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome. In the right foreground of this arcadian scene, two dancing figures wearing blue and yellow classical drapery are watched by a small crowd of onlookers; a group of five women are seated beneath large, overhanging trees at the far right and four are seated on rocks to the left. Urns and other objects relating to refreshment lie are set on the ground between the two groups. A herd of cattle grazing at the far left of the landscape stray into a stream close to a bridge at centre left. Beyond the bridge, the scene opens out onto a river estuary on which are dotted three small fishing boats. A watermill is located on the left bank of the river behind a group of tall trees, while further along the right bank are two classical temples, one round, the other rectangular. Mountains rise up against the horizon in the far distance and a peachy haziness suffusing the blue sky suggests that it is late in the day.
Provenance
Acquired by Henry Hoare II (1705-85); given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Andrea Locatelli (Rome 1695 – Rome 1741?), artist after Claude Lorrain (Champagne 1600 – Rome 1682) previously catalogued as attributed to John Plimmer (Dorchester 1722 - Rome 1760)
References
Colt Hoare 1818 Sir Richard Colt Hoare, A Description of the House and Gardens at Stourhead...with a Catalogue of the Pictures, Salisbury 1800, Bath 1818, rev. 1822, nos. 5 & 6 with its pendant as copies by Lucatelli[sic]