Pandolfo Reschi (Danzica 1624 - Firenze1699)

Pandolfo Reschi (Danzig 1624 - Florence 1699) Hunt deer in a wooded landscape Oil on canvas Dimensions: 73 x 109 frame 93 x 130 Period: II^ half of the 17th century Provenance: Porro Auction Milan 6.6.2006 (see adjudication) Splendid large painting depicting a deer hunt, set in a lush forest, with glimpses of intense blue sky on the right and golden hues on the opposite side. The foreground is animated by hunters on foot and on horseback who, with the help of dogs, hunt a splendid specimen of deer. In the background you can see a village on a hill. The composition is particularly engaging, very pleasant and bright and lends itself to easy placement. The work is an important work by the Florentine Pandolfo Reschi, a great author of battles but also an excellent landscape painter capable of making his views lively by drawing from his favorite repertoire. In fact, his predisposition to depicting characters in excited movement, taken from the protagonists of his Battles, is evident in this canvas. The elegant painting is in perfect condition complete with a beautiful carved and gilded frame. Certificate of authenticity and descriptive sheet. (FIMA) Tracked shipping (DHL TRACKING) and fully insured with anti-shock packaging in custom-made wooden case. Delivery within 3 working days of receipt of payment Negotiable price and personalized payment All the details of the painting are published on the private website https://www.antichitaischia.it/it/prodotto/caccia-al-cervo-nel-bosco-- Biography: Born in Danzig in Poland around 1640, Pandolfo Reschi moved very young first to Germany and then to Rome, where he soon took the Italianized name of Pandolfo Reschi. From 1663 to 1666 he lived in a house with the painter Pieter Mulier, known as Cavalier Tempesta. He trained with Salvator Rosa and especially with Jacques Courtois known as Bergognone, specialized in the pictorial genre of battle. Thus Reschi himself became a 'battle' painter (Florence, Galleria Corsini), but he also dedicated himself to landscapes animated by figures, views and naturalistic themes. Arriving in Tuscany in the mid-Sixties he settled in Florence, where came into contact with Livio Mehus, of whom he became a pupil. Through Mehus, Pandolfo entered the court of the Medici Grand Dukes. He was protected in particular by the Grand Prince Ferdinando and Cardinal Francesco Maria de' Medici, in whose residence he went to reside from 1680 onwards. For the Riccardi he created the Four Elements depicting battle scenes (see Encampment in a storm, representing the Air; Philadelphia, Museum of Art). Furthermore, for the palace in Via Larga, together with Anton Domenico Gabbiani and Bartolomeo Bimbi, he painted mirrors in the Gallery frescoed by Luca Giordano, depicting goats, doves and other birds (1691). In the last decade of the century there are various tempera landscapes (Landscape with waterfall, Rome, Palazzo Barberini) and watercolors (Rome, Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Fondo Corsini; Florence, Biblioteca Marucelliana). Reschi's works also entered the art collections of the Guadagno, Rinuccini and Corsini families. He died in Florence in 1696.