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| Keywords: Classical landscape with small waterfall and village.jpg Classical Landscape with Small Waterfall and Village<br>Italian Paesaggio classico con cascatella e borgo <br>A very early landscape by Francesco Zuccarelli The painting reveals the classicism of Paolo Anesi his teacher in landscapes and it also has flickerings of paint derived from Alessandro Magnasco There are no traces of Marco Ricci a painter who began to influence Zuccarelli around 1735 circa 1733 5 Oil painting Height 62 3 cm 24 5 in ; Width 101 7 cm 40 0 in object history Formerly owned by the 3rd Earl of Lathom Edward William Bootle-Wilbraham of Ormskirk Lancashire Likely sold in the Earl's bankruptcy sale of January 17 1924 as lot 531 Large Italian Landscape with River and Figures in Foreground or lot 532 A Companion Picture Thence to Molineux Montgomerie of Garboldisham Old Hall Norfolk and sold under her daughter's direction at the Christie's sale Pictures of Old Masters held in London on June 23 1933 lot 20 Listed at the sale under the artist name Orizonte referring to a follower of Jan Frans van Bloemen as A River Scene with Classical Figures and bought by Carroll Galleries of London New York and Toronto Acquired circa 1940s by William Gray of Calgary Alberta; passing by descent to his son Gary Hogarth of Mission British Columbia; then sold to current owner private collection credit line Authenticated by Dr Federica Spadotto in 2011 Vancouver British Columbia Canada British Columbia Institute of Technology scanned with a Cruse scanner by Hermann Cruse No restrictions on use or publication granted by current owner uploader under licenses Commons Attribution 4 0 International CC By 4 0 and GNU Free Documentation License Version 1 3 PD-old-auto-1923 1789 u ImageNote 1 2719 3434 1200 704 7500 4597 2 The figures may represent Pan and Syrinx of Greek mythology The satyr wielding a knife against the river nymph is an uncommon depiction of violence by Zuccarelli This early representation of a satyr closely resembles that of another satyr found in an etching by the same artist created for the frontispiece of a book Il Malmantile Racquistato published in Florence in 1731 Note also the flower garlands in the nymph's hair typical of the period ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 4266 2617 553 685 7500 4597 2 The washerwoman is carrying a water bottle gourd zucco in Italian a frequent pun used by Francesco Zuccarelli on his name ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 1669 2918 609 516 7500 4597 2 The clothing of the figures as well as their calm and precise gestures descend directly from the Roman classicism of Zuccarelli's teacher Paolo Anesi ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 441 3631 1069 797 7500 4597 2 Mythological figure so far unidentified The pose along with the red robe is seen in other paintings by Zuccarelli On the ground beneath the figure may be a tambourine which is found in a much later picture beside a man clothed in a similar robe entitled Autumn dated 1761-1762 ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 6 1116 28 3113 1961 7500 4597 2 A leaning tree with double or crossed trunks is a common feature in his landscapes ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 2494 1923 1734 704 7500 4597 2 A rustic village before pinkish mountains was a device employed by Zuccarelli in the 1730s ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 5063 1041 2138 2374 7500 4597 2 The hillside with overhanging vegetation is similar to that found in many works of Salvator Rosa who evidently was influential on the young artist This framing element along with a rocky waterfall off to the side is seen in several later paintings by Zuccarelli ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 9 1594 4147 881 385 7500 4597 2 The foreground is sprinkled with impromptu flashes of paint a technique employed by Alessandro Magnasco ImageNoteEnd 9 ImageNote 11 3703 2299 544 281 7500 4597 2 One of the buildings has blue smoke issuing from a chimney a detail sometimes seen ImageNoteEnd 11 ImageNote 12 4266 3631 2494 760 7500 4597 2 The dark browns and greens of the foreground contrasted with the pink tones in the distance was a colour scheme employed by the artist in a series of paintings depicting friars completed in the later 1730s ImageNoteEnd 12 Francesco Zuccarelli Arcadia Peloponnese Royal Academicians 1730s oil on canvas paintings in Italy 18th-century oil on canvas paintings in Italy Oil paintings of landscapes | ||||
