DETAILS
- Artist
- Francesco Zuccarelli
- Date
- 1720
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, over graphite. Framing lines in pen and brown ink
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- 3 7/16 x 6 13/16in. (8.7 x 17.3cm)
- Collection
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
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THE ARTIST
Francesco Zuccarelli
Francesco Zuccarelli was an Italian Rococo painter celebrated for his idyllic Arcadian landscapes that captivated audiences across Europe, especially in 18th-century England.
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