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| Title | Landscape with Figures | |
| Collection | Salford Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Attributed to school of Dughet, Gaspard (French landscape painter, 1615-1675, active in Italy) Previously attributed to Poussin, Nicolas (French painter and draftsman, 1594-1665, active in Italy) |
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| Date Earliest | about 1600 | |
| Date Latest | about 1700 | |
| Description | This type of landscape with a setting suggestive of the Roman campagna, a classical looking villa, and timeless figures within it, was extremely popular during the seventeenth century. Dughet was apprenticed to Poussin, who had married Dughet's sister. Poussin encouraged him to select fine views in the countryside around Rome and insisted that he should master the rudiments of figure drawing. The deep and lasting affection between master and pupil explains why Dughet became known as Gaspard Poussin. Most writers have divided Dughet's career into three periods. His first landscapes being described as 'a little dry,' in his second period he developed a more learned style, closer to that of his master; with his late works being more intimate and original. Dughet enjoyed great prestige in Britain, and his paintings were enthusiastically collected there, especially those from the last period, of which the Salford painting could be a copy. He became one of the foremost models for British landscape painters, admired above all for his selection of picturesque motifs, his realism and the lucid structure of his works. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1929-28 | |
| Subject | landscape; buildings and gardens (Italianate villa) | |
| Measurements | 36.0 x 28.5 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Lady Nina Knowles 1929. | |
| Notes | Previously attributed to Nicholas Poussin and printed as such in the catalogue of the gift. However, A.C. Sewter (Dept. History of Art, Manchester University), in 1952, considered it more likely for this work to have been painted by Gaspard Poussin (Dughet). The work is now considered to be by a lesser hand working under the influence of Gaspard. Descriptive notes taken from Boisclair, M-N.,'Dughet [Poussin], Gaspard', Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press, 17 May 2006, http://www.groveart.com/. | |
| Rights Owner | Salford Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Lisa Howard | |