Prospect of Frascati
Giovanni Battista Busiri (Rome 1698 - 1757)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1739 - 1740
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
890 x 1270 mm
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1401161
Caption
William Windham (b.1717), of Felbrigg, was an avid collector of Busiri. Whilst on his Grand Tour, in Rome, he acquired 6 oils and 26 tempera pictures by the artist, all of which are still at Felbrigg. He almost certainly commissioned them directly from the artist in 1739/40. The painted scenes would have served to remind Windham of the monumental sites he had seen on his travels. Busiri preferred to work in tempera, rather than oil. His work closely resembles Jan Frans van Bloemen, but he was also influenced by Gaspar Dughet. As a highly-skilled draughtsman, his work was particularly suited to engraving.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Prospect of Frascati, by Giovanni Battista Busiri (Rome 1698 -1757). Villa Mondragone at left and Villa Aldobrandini in centre, rustic figures and cows in foreground.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
Giovanni Battista Busiri (Rome 1698 - 1757)