Mountainous River Landscape with Bathers

1752/1770

Francesco Zuccarelli

Associated Names
Francesco Zuccarelli

Artist, Venetian, 1702 - 1788

The image shows an elevated view of a landscape. In the foreground, figures are gathered on a rocky outcrop and near a stream. Beyond them are trees and shrubs leading to a distant hill with an ancient ruin or castle. The horizon is high, with the structure silhouetted against the sky. The color palette consists of brown, earthy tones, gray, and muted greens. The brushstrokes are soft, particularly in the clouds and mountains, and the architectural details are defined. The sky has mixed clouds and a few birds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with black and brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache on tan laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.9 x 50.7 cm (12 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.186

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Armando Neerman, London; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Stiftung Ratjen. Italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts, Graphische Sammlung, Munich; Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 1977 - 1978, Munich, no. 104.

1979

  • Zeichnungen Italienischer Meister aus den Sammlungen Schloos Fachsenfeld, Stiftung Ratjen Vaduz, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Kunstmuseum Lucerne, 1979, no. 99.

1991

  • Venedigs Ruhm im Norden, Die grossen venezianischen Maler des 18. Jahrhunderts, ihre Auftraggeber und ihre Sammler. Forum des Landesmuseums, Hannover; Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf in Ehrenhof. Hannover, 1991, 400, no. 155 (entry by Bernd Schälicke).

1995

  • Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz. Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz. Bern, 1995, no. 48.

1996

  • Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996, no. 48.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., no. 56.

Bibliography

1980

  • Byam Shaw, James. Biblioteca di Disegni IX: Maestri Veneti del Settecento. Florence, 1980: 16, no. 11plate 11.

1987

  • Byam Shaw, James, and George Knox. The Robert Lehman Collection, VI, Italian Eighteenth Century Drawings. New York, 1987: 222, under no. 182 (entry by George Knox).

1990

  • Erwebungen 1982 - 1989, Aukäufe und Geschenke--eine Auswahl. Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munich, 1990: 39, under no. 38 (entry by Richard Harprath).

Wikidata ID

Q64562445

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