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Andrea Locatelli (Roma, 1695 - Roma, 1741)
Landscape with characters, 17th century
oil on canvas
72x100 cm - in frame H 83x110 cm
The scene depicted by Locatelli in the painting under examination is set in a typical Roman landscape, rural and lively, whose composition develops through successive planes in light and shadow until the blurred horizon. Andrea Locatelli, a pupil of Monsù Alto, worked in the service of many Roman noble families and experienced the cultural transformations of the city. The lively climate of Rome and the proximity to works by painters such as Salvator Rosa and Jan Frans van Bloemen significantly influenced Locatelli's artistic production. His style is in fact inspired by the realism of his contemporary models and in his works an atmosphere of an Arcadian, pastoral and allegorical character comes to life.
This painting embodies these stylistic peculiarities and by making a comparison with other works by the same artist, one can understand Locatelli's desire to tell a vision of nature in its most exquisitely bucolic aspects. This comparison can be made with River Landscape with Washerwomen and Shepherds, a work offered for auction by Christie's Auction House, or with Roman Landscape and Wayfarers, a painting preserved at the Francesco Borgogna Museum Foundation in Vercelli. The traits that characterize Locatelli's style are the meticulousness in degrading the planes, starting from flat and decisive strokes in the foreground through the representation of rocks, foliage and vegetation, moving into the detailed representation of the various characters that animate the scene, towards a diluted diaphanous horizon.
ASORstudio
€ 1.000,00
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