Full Record |
| Title |
Italianate Wooded Landscape |
| Alternative Title |
Landscape with Waterfall and Figures |
| Collection |
Bridport Museum Trust |
| Artist |
Attributed to Zais, Giuseppe (Italian painter, 1709-1781)
Previously attributed to Zuccarelli, Franco (Italian painter, 1702-1788) |
| Date Earliest |
possibly about 1730 |
| Date Latest |
possibly about 1780 |
| Description |
This neoclassical landscape is typical of those by Giuseppe Zais from the mid eighteenth century. Framed by trees, a foreground view of a gentle cascade opens onto a distant village set on rolling hillside. The composition creates a perspectival effect reminiscent of the paintings and engravings of his early mentor Marco Ricci, from which Zais often drew inspiration. The delicacy of the sunlight and foliage are more indicative, however, of his contact with Francesco Zuccarelli, as are the graceful sense of movement implied by the figures, the running water and the birds in the sky. |
| Current Accession Number |
BRPMG:326 |
| Former Accession Number |
256[?] |
| Subject |
landscape; figure |
| Measurements |
76 x 96 cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Possibly bequeathed by Miss V. K. Hildebrand 1969. |
| Provenance |
Lt. Col. W. H. Hildebrand, d. 1938; by descent to Miss V. K. Hildebrand. |
| Notes |
Back of stretcher: City Art Gallery, Bristol. A.R.C.S.W. (Area Museum Council for the South West (Art Restoration Sub-Committee), report 1970). |
| Rights Owner |
Bridport Museum Trust |
| Author |
Dr Anne L. Cowe |
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