Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1700s.
The atmosphere is one of gentle harmony, whereby man’s finest creations are embedded graciously into the natural world. Earth, water, and air combine with sumptuous results.
Pleasing visions of the countryside, particularly the Roman Campagna, were popular with aristocratic young gentlemen seeking to furnish their homes with beautiful objects. The majority of these views were essentially a collage of sketches stitched together for artistic effect. The artists would usually draw amid nature before returning to their workshops to complete their finished compositions.
Probably produced in France around 1700, this particular piece is comparable to the oeuvre of French painter, Pierre-Antoine Patel (1648-1707) and could, conceivably, have been undertaken by an artist working in his circle.
Held in a later gilt frame.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 28½” x 24½” / 73cm x 62cm
Year of creation: c. 1700
Provenance: Private collection, France / Private collection, UK.
Condition: Cleaned. Revarnished. Canvas relined. Craquelure throughout. The paint layer is stable. Three patched repairs. Later stretcher. Frame with various marks and showing its age.
Our reference: BRV2178
Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1700s.
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Early 18th-century French School, Classical Landscape with Ruins & Figures, Antique Oil Painting
