Philothée François DUFLOS (1710-1748)

Rome, view of Campo Vaccino Original canvas, annotated in pen Le Campo Vachino (sic) à Rome, signed lower left on the stone and dated 1745, illegible inscription on the back of the canvas. 40 x 63.5 cm A student at the Académie Royale, Philothée-François DUFLOS won the Prix de Rome in 1729. He trained in the Eternal City with VLEUGHELS and Jean-François de TROY until 1745. DUFLOS successfully copied the great masters of the Italian Renaissance: RAPHAËL, LANFRANCO, Pierre de CORTONE. He is praised for his talents as a Vedute engraver, notably for his series of views of Florence done with PIRANÈSE. DUFLOS distinguished himself in other techniques, such as pastel and landscape painting embellished with architectural caprices. In our composition, he gives his version of the Campo Vaccino. In this popular subject (Le LORRAIN, Paul BRIL, Giovanni PANNINI?), we find the painter's mastery of perspective and urban representation inherited from his engraving work.