Full Record |
| Title |
Capriccio with the Façade of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice |
| Collection |
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford |
| Artist |
Zuccarelli, Franco (Italian painter, 1702-1788) |
| Date Earliest |
about 1730 |
| Date Latest |
about 1750 |
| Description |
Zuccarelli worked in Venice from 1730, becoming a famous painter of views. In this painting, the artist combined an Italianate landscape, which recalls the Campagna region, with a view of one of the famous churches of Venice, San Giorgio Maggiore. The combination of such disparate elements to create a capriccio was a genre popularised by artists such as Zuccarelli during the eighteenth century. These imaginary scenes were desirable souvenirs for visitors to Italy, and were particularly favoured by British gentry visiting Italy on the Grand Tour. |
| Current Accession Number |
P570 |
| Former Accession Number |
P.E.225 |
| Subject |
landscape (capriccio); buildings and gardens (San Giorgio Maggiore) |
| Measurements |
39 x 55.5 cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on panel |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by Cecil Higgins 1949. |
| Publications |
Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain: An Index of Continental Old Master Paintings Executed before c.1800 in Public Collections in the United Kingdom, London, 1976, pp. 226, 232. |
| Notes |
See also pendant, inv. no. P 571. For Zuccarelli's work in context, see: Rosa, G., Zuccarelli, Milan, 1952. |
| Rights Owner |
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford |
| Author |
Bryony Bartlett-Rawlings |
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