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| Title | Landscape with Figures and Sheep on a Bridge | |
| Alternative Title | A Classical Landscape | |
| Collection | Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead | |
| Artist | Zuccarelli, Franco (Italian painter, 1702-1788) | |
| Date Earliest | probably 1752 | |
| Date Latest | probably 1771 | |
| Description | This is a fine example of the work of Francesco Zuccarelli, an Italian painter who worked in England throughout the latter part of his career. In the mid-eighteenth century such idealised Italianate views were popular with English collectors and Italian artists came to capitalise on this interest. In London, Zuccarelli produced paintings directly for the market, an unusual practice at the time; he gained both financial and social success. This painting shows Zuccarelli's interest in earlier forms of landscape painting, and his rejection of the kind of views produced by contemporaries like Canaletto and Marco Ricci. | |
| Current Accession Number | BIKGM:1281 | |
| Subject | landscape; figure; animal (cow, horse, dog); trade and industry | |
| Measurements | 107 x 122 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Purchased from Sir Neville Cuncliffe via Potts, Potts & Gardner, Chester 1927. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Primitives to Picasso, Royal Academy, London, 1962, cat. no. 145; Venetian Baroque and Rococo Painting, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 1967, cat. no. 74. | |
| Publications | Royal Academy, Primitives to Picasso, London, 1962, cat. no. 145, p. 52 as A Classical Landscape; Ferens Art Gallery, Exhibition of Venetian Baroque and Rococo paintings, Hull, 1967, cat. no. 74, p. 48, as A Classical Landscape; Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain, London, 1976. | |
| Notes | Unable to examine reverse. Front on frame plaque lc 'Francesco Zuccarelli 1702-1788 Purchased 1928'. Attribution confirmed by Martin Royalton-Kisch, Assistant Keeper of Fine Art, Manchester City Art Gallery, February 1982. | |
| Rights Owner | Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead; Wirral Museums Service | |
| Author | Dr Phillippa Plock | |