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Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702-Florence 1788)
Landscape with a Waterfall and Two Women with a Boy Fishing c.1743-47
Oil on canvas | 133.3 x 79.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 407229
Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702-Florence 1788)
Landscape with a Waterfall and Two Women with a Boy Fishing c.1743-47
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In an undulating Italianate landscape a scantily clad female sits on the bank of a tumbling stream, her left foot dangling near the water. A boy kneels next to her fishing with a rod, and a peasant woman stands behind him. This painting is a pendant to Landscape with a Goatherd and a Seated Woman Nuzzled by a Dog (RCIN 407230). The pictures were obviously conceived as a pair, with peasant figures with faintly erotic and unserious overtones.
Provenance
Acquired in 1762 by George III from Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice (Italian List nos 179-80); recorded in the Coffee Room at Kew in 1805 (no 9)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
133.3 x 79.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
153.8 x 99.5 x 11.4 cm (frame, external)
