Pastoral Capriccio
Francesco Zuccarelli, RA (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1752 - 1771
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
787 x 1168 mm (31 x 46 in)
Place of origin
Tuscany
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1530078
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Pastoral Capriccio by Francesco Zuccarelli, RA (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788). A romantic Italian landscape with figures and animals by a stream. A characteristically optimistic view of peasant life and landscape by this popular artist, who, although born and dying in Tuscany, became a leading figure of the Venetian School. Somewhat surprisingly in view of its unreality, before he came to England (1752-62 and 1765-71) he was influential in persuading Richard Wilson to renounce portraiture for landscape painting.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Ralph Stawell Dutton, with the rest of the collections, house, gardens and estate of Hinton Ampner.
Credit line
Hinton Ampner, The Ralph Dutton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Francesco Zuccarelli, RA (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788), artist