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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Francesco Zuccarelli
1702–1788 · Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Born
- 1702 · Venice
- Died
- 1788 · Florence
40 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Giacomo Francesco Zuccarelli was an Italian artist of the late Baroque or Rococo period, considered the most important landscape painter from Venice in the mid-eighteenth century. His Arcadian views were popular throughout Europe, especially in England, and he collaborated with artists like Antonio Visentini and Bernardo Bellotto.
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Giacomo Francesco Zuccarelli (commonly known as Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ddzukkaˈrɛlli; ttsuk-]; 15 August 1702 – 30 December 1788) was an Italian artist of the late Baroque or Rococo period. He is considered to be the most important landscape painter to have emerged from his adopted city of Venice during the mid-eighteenth century, and his Arcadian views became popular throughout Europe and especially in England where he resided for two extended periods. His patronage extended to the nobility, and he often collaborated with other artists such as Antonio Visentini and Bernardo Bellotto. In 1768, Zuccarelli became a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts, and upon his final return to Italy, he was elected president of the Venetian Academy. In addition to his rural landscapes which frequently incorporated religious and classical themes, Zuccarelli created devotional pieces and on occasion did portraiture. Besides paintings, his varied output included etchings, drawings, and designs for tapestries as well as a set of Old Testament playing cards. Despite the fame he experienced in his lifetime, Zuccarelli's reputation declined in the early 19th century with naturalism becoming increasingly favoured in landscapes. Turner criticized him in mild terms while confessing that his figures could be beautiful, paving the way for more severe Victorian assessments. In 1959, the art historian Michael Levey offered suggestions for why Zuccarelli held such wide contemporary appeal among the English, concluding that his best work is highly decorative. More recently, since the 1990s there has been a renewed focus on Zuccarelli among Italian scholars, who have given him prominence in several books and articles, and his paintings and drawings are regularly shown in exhibitions.
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Registered works
38
In museum collections
2
In gallery collections
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In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Francesco Zuccarelli
Selected from 40 works by Francesco Zuccarelli in the Collect24 Registry.
Francesco Zuccarelli
A Landscape with Shepherds Resting Under a Tree by a Cascade (recto); Sketch of a Landscape (verso), mid-1700s
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash heightened with white gouache (recto); black chalk (verso)
47.8 × 63 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum
C24-205248
Francesco Zuccarelli
Landscape with the Education of Bacchus, 1744
Oil on canvas
129.5 × 149.9 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum
C24-137535
Francesco Zuccarelli
Flusslandschaft mit Hirtenszene, Pendant zu BS_2539, 1760
Öl auf Leinwand
Historisches Museum der Pfalz - Speyer
C24-188678
Francesco Zuccarelli
Landscape with a Woman Leading a Cow, 1774
oil paint
60 × 88 cm
Hermitage Museum
C24-420697
Francesco Zuccarelli
Landscape with a Goatherd and a Seated Woman Nuzzled by a Dog, 1745
oil paint
132.7 × 78.7 cm
Royal Collection
C24-309626
Francesco Zuccarelli
Classical Landscape: A Town and a Mountain by the Coast, early–late 18th century
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, with white heightening (partly oxidized)
30.6 × 46.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-934426
Francesco Zuccarelli
Landscap with fishermen and shepherds, 1727
37 × 46.5 cm
Munich Central Collecting Point
C24-400900
Francesco Zuccarelli
River Landscape with Peasants Fishing, 1743
oil paint
37.4 × 49.7 cm
Royal Collection
C24-302432
Francesco Zuccarelli
Woman in Half-Length, Profile View Facing Left and Reading a Piece of Paper Signed "Catarina", 1702–88
Graphite or black chalk
22.7 × 17.4 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-570835
Francesco Zuccarelli
Three Dancing Nymphs and a Satyr, 1702–88
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite
16.7 × 20.5 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-587835
Francesco Zuccarelli
Five Young Women in a Landscape, 1702–88
Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, over red chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink
11.6 × 17.1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-546799
Francesco Zuccarelli
The Wise and the Foolish Virgins, 1728
Etching
20.5 × 25.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-344692
Museums and collections
Where works by Francesco Zuccarelli are registered
- Royal Collection
United Kingdom
17 works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
8 works
- Historisches Museum der Pfalz - Speyer
Germany
2 works
- J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
2 works
- Munich Central Collecting Point
allied-occupied Germany
2 works
- Rafael Valls
London, United Kingdom
2 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
1 work
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
1 work
- Department of Paintings of the Louvre
France
1 work
- Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Germany
1 work
- Hermitage Museum
Russia
1 work
- Kunsthistorisches Museum
Austria
1 work
- Nationalmuseum Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
1 work
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