Landscape with Peasants at a Fountain
Trained in Rome and Venice, Zuccarelli enjoyed particular popularity in England, where he regularly exhibited his Arcadian landscapes and was a founding member of London’s Royal Academy in 1768. Joseph Smith (ca. 1674–1770), British consul to Venice who commissioned several works by Canaletto in The Met’s collection, was one of his most important early patrons. This view of peasants gathered before a fountain is thought to date from early in Zuccarelli’s career, probably the 1730s, when his paintings filled a gap in the art market left by the death of the Venetian landscapist Marco Ricci (1676–1730).
Artwork Details
- Title: Landscape with Peasants at a Fountain
- Artist: Francesco Zuccarelli (Italian, Pitigliano 1702–1788 Florence)
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 31 1/4 x 47 1/2 in. (79.4 x 120.7 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Bernard M. Baruch, in memory of his wife, Annie Griffen Baruch, 1959
- Object Number: 59.189.1
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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