Scuola romana, Fine XVII – Inizio XVIII secolo

Roman School, Late 17th – Early 18th century Landscape with figures Oil on canvas, 52 x 68 cm Frame 63 x 80 cm The work fits into the production of Flemish, Dutch and French landscape painters, who enriched the Roman scene in the 17th century. Among the various artists, in relation to the present work, Pandolfo Reschi (1643-1696), Frederik de Moucheron (1633-1686) and above all Jan Both (Utrecht, 1618-1652) should be mentioned. The artist was a pupil of the painter Gerard van Honthorst and moved to Italy around 1635. In Rome he was influenced by the art of Claude Lorrain, with whom he collaborated, but equally important is his production of genre scenes of a "bambocciante" nature, in which he describes episodes of daily life. On his return to Utrecht (probably in 1642) he continued to paint landscapes with an Italianizing taste immersed in a warm and golden light, in harmony with Bartholomeus Breenbergh.