Capriccio of Figures dancing amongst Classical Ruins, with a Ruined Arch
Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 – Rome 1796)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1775 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1550 x 2970 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 960065.1
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Capriccio of Figures dancing amongst Classical Ruins, with a Ruined Arch, by Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 – Rome 1796), signed and dated 1775. One of a pair of Italianate landscapes with figures dancing amongst classical ruins.
Provenance
Commissioned from Antonio Zucchi by Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Bt. (1739-1785); mentioned in a letter from Zucchi to the 5th Bt., dated 16 August 1766, in which he enclosed ‘the Plan of your Saloon numbered how the pictures are to be placed.’; thence by descent; accepted in lieu of tax by H M Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 1986.
Credit line
Nostell Priory, The St Oswald Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 – Rome 1796), artist
References
Sands 2011: Frances Sands, 'The Art of Collaboration: Antonio Zucchi at Nostell Priory', The Georgian Group Journal, vol.XIX, 2011, pp.106-119