61 - Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702 – Florence 1788)

Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702 – Florence 1788) Arcadian Landscape Oil on canvas 43 x 57.5 cm The work is accompanied by a study by Dr. Dario Succi, available upon request via email A painter of Tuscan origin who trained in Rome, Francesco Zuccarelli is considered the leading Venetian and Italian exponent of the Arcadian movement in 18th-century landscape painting. He began his artistic training in Rome under Paolo Anesi, Giovanni Maria Morandi, and Pietro Nelli. He arrived in Venice around 1732, where he made a name for himself among the local and English nobility, thanks to Consul Joseph Smith, who sold his collection to King George III in 1762. His stylistic innovation—which many described as “French” due to its transalpine elegance—influenced not only local painters (Giuseppe Zais, Giovanni Battista Cimaroli, Domenico Pecchio, Antonio Diziani, Francesco Antonio Canal, and Giuseppe Zocchi), but also the Cignaroli dynasty of Piedmontese landscape painters. He spent a long time in England, and in the final years of his life divided his time between Venice, Paris, and Rome before returning to his native Tuscany, where he died. Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702 – Florence 1788) Arcadian Landscape Oil on canvas 43 x 57.5 cm The work is accompanied by a study by Dr. Dario Succi, available upon request by email