Full Record |
| Title |
A Landscape with Figures and a Mill |
| Collection |
National Trust for Scotland (Leith Hall) |
| Artist |
Attributed to circle of Zuccarelli, Franco (Italian painter, 1702-1788) |
| Date Earliest |
possibly about 1750 |
| Date Latest |
possibly about 1770 |
| Description |
This imaginary landscape relates to the easy bucolic compositions by Francesco Zuccarelli. The elevated foreground on the right is occupied with a group of figures and animals relaxing on the grassy ground edging a small stream. A shepherd talks to a young woman, dogs play, a woman and a child lie on the ground in the shadow of a tree, and two cows rest nearby. On the left, a calm river bends towards a mill in the middle-ground. A townscape is suggested in the far distance. Zuccarelli's success stemmed chiefly from such Arcadian landscapes. |
| Current Accession Number |
77b |
| Subject |
landscape; figure; animal (cattle, dogs) |
| Measurements |
63.5 x 76.4 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Given by Mrs Henrietta Leith-Hay 1945. |
| Provenance |
Possibly with Sir Andrew Leith Hay before 1862; by descent to Alexander Sebastian Leith-Hay, 1862-1897; Charles Edward Norman Leith-Hay, 1897-1939; with Henrietta Leith-Hay by 1939. |
| Notes |
The frame is inscribed 'Zuccharelli [sic]' . |
| Rights Owner |
National Trust for Scotland |
| Author |
Dr Claudia Heide |
