River Landscape with two Country Women and Four Sheep on a Winding Road, a Fisherman and Farm buildings round an Old Round Tower in the middle distance
Giuseppe Zais (Forno di Canale 1709 - Treviso 1781)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1729 - 1781
Materials
Oil on coarse canvas (lined)
Measurements
470 x 603 mm (18 ½ x 23 ¾ in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 267083
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, River Landscape with two Country Women and Four Sheep on a Winding Road, a Fisherman and Farm buildings round an Old Round Tower in the middle distance by Giuseppe Zais (Forno di Canale 1709 - Treviso 1781).
Provenance
James Hughes Anderdon (1790 - 1879), 23 Upper Grosvenor St., London; his sale, Christie’s, 30th May 1879; J.D.H.; sold/owned by his nephew, J.A., September 1898; Colonel Sir Thornton-Wodehouse (?); The Rev. A.W. Wodehouse, London; Colnaghi’s; by whom (?) sold to Lord & Lady Iliffe, after the death of the latter of whom accepted in lieu of tax and transferred to the NT in 2010
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: on lining canvas: from my Uncles Collection; and lined 1860 – by / JVn. Breach / Stangate St.West; in black on the stretcher: From the collection of J.H. Anderton [sic] Esq. / Upper Grosvenor St. bought May 30 1879 / JDH [?]; old Colnaghi’s label inscribed in ink: RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH SHEPHERDESSES / OIL PAINTING BY GIUSEPPE ZAIS . (1709 – 1784) / Collections: / J.H. Anderson [sic] 1879 / J.A. September 1898 / Sir T [?] or J [?] Wodehouse / & The Rev. A. W. [?] London Verso: On the stretcher: old Christie’s stencil 7 [rest obscured by lining – paper and chalk]; recent Christie’s stencil: XL 697; and in white chalk: XL 697 OMP Verso: on frame: Agnew’s store label, with stock no. WA 2954
Makers and roles
Giuseppe Zais (Forno di Canale 1709 - Treviso 1781), publisher