An Italian Landscape with Children Fishing
Francesco Zuccarelli, RA (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1702 - 1788
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1022 x 1334 mm (40 1/4 x 52 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 138299
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Italian Landscape with Children Fishing by Francesco Zuccarelli, RA (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788). (One of a pair. NT/UPP/P/133 is other). Two children fishing and women are resting on the bank of a river.
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] later 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)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed on stretcher: Third picture from the top/not covered face downwards
Makers and roles
Francesco Zuccarelli, RA (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788), artist