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Birth
1702 (Pitigliano, Italy)
Death
1788 (Florence, Italy)
Lived/Active
Italy/England
Self portrait
Often Known For
bucolic landscape with figure, portrait and genre painting
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Biography from South Coast Fine Art:
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Francesco Zuccarelli was a Florentine landscape painter who worked principally in Venice and England. He met Richard Wilson in Venice in 1751, and they exchanged paintings.
In 1752 he went to London and remained until 1762. He returned to London in 1765 and stayed until 1771, being elected a Founder-Member of the Royal Academy in 1768.
His light and facile style of landscape painting, with picturesque peasantry, was very popular in England and was preferred to the graver style of Wilson.
Collections: There are several examples in the Royal Collection, Windsor, and others in Cambridge (Fitzwilliam Museum), Glasgow, London (The National Gallery), Manchester, Oxford , Venice and elsewhere. |
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