FRANCESCO ANTONIANI River landscape with figures and small bridge, oil on canvas, 102x103.5 cm The rather large landscape can be attributed to Francesco Antoniani. The canvas is masterfully painted with skillful play of light and color. The debt that Francesco Antoniani denounces to Scipione and Vittorio Amedeo Cignaroli is evident, both in the very setting of the scene in which a sincere though less complex pastoral spirit is diluted than that expressed in the arcadian compositions of the two Cignaroli, and in the individual pictorial details. The groups of wayfarers and animals are inspired by Flemish prints, especially by Nicolaes Berchem. The canvas can be dated to around 1760.

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