Landscape with Shepherds, mid-18th century

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Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection

Accession Number

2018.26.29

Artists / Makers

Francesco Zuccarelli (artist) Venetian, 1702 - 1788

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Barnard, John
Rudolf, William
Stanza del Borgo