Landscape with Shepherds

mid-18th century

Francesco Zuccarelli

Artist, Venetian, 1702 - 1788

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache (oxidized), on laid paper, laid down on old mount

  • Credit Line

    The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22 × 35.8 cm (8 11/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
    mount: 30.2 × 44.2 cm (11 7/8 × 17 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.26.29


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Barnard [died 1784], London (Lugt 1419, 1420), probably acquired directly from the artist during one of his stays in England. Unidentified private collection (A.W., verso, in pen and brown ink; Lugt 3060). (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); Mr. and Mrs. William Rudolf, New York; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

Iower right in brown ink by the artist(?): FZ [in monogram]; by John Barnard, below drawing at lower right on mount in brown ink, J.B.; lower center of mount in brown ink: Zuccarelli; by John Barnard, upper right verso in pen and brown ink: No. 750/ 14 x 8 1/2; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: DITTO / 14

Wikidata ID

Q64562448


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