ANDREA LOCATELLI (ITALIAN, 1665-1741)
ANDREA LOCATELLI (ITALIAN, 1665-1741) Campagna Romana oil on canvas 69.5 x 87 cm Property of a Private London Collection. Andrea Locatelli is considered one of the most important exponents of Roman landscape painting. He received training in the studio of his father, Giovanni Francesco, in Trastevere, Rome. In 1715, Locatelli was commissioned to decorate a room in the Palazzo Ruspoli in Rome, the first of several important commisions, however he was primarily as a painter of easel pictures. These were sought after not only by distinguished Roman patrons, but also by an international clientele, amongst whom he was renowned for his idyllic views of the Campagna as can be seen in the present work. Throughout the course of his career, Locatelli experimented with a wide variety of genres. Later, he turned more towards the works of Gaspar Dughet and Jan Frans van Bloemen painting idyllic views of the Roman Campagna and mythological scenes set in Arcadian landscapes. Andrea Locatelli was prolific landscape artist, born in Rome in 1695. He studied under his father, Giovanni Francesco Locatelli until 1708, where at the age of 13 he became a student of marine-scape specialist Monsù Alto. Following this, in 1712 he became a student of Bernardino Fergioni, an artist also known for his marine paintings. However, Locatelli broke the tradition of his former teachers, and the popular subject matter of his period, by placing focus on landscapes, such as the present example which captures figures and cows within a vast Italianate landscape. In their book titled ‘Andrea Locatelli and Roman Landscape Paintings of the Eighteenth Century’, Andrea Busiri Vici, wrote that "Locatelli’s landscapes are remarkable for the sense of solitude they convey despite the fact that they are populated by figures. There is a sense of seclusion, a quality that induced one to turn from the colourless life of the community to the joy of the isolation of an interiorized existence" (p. 264-267); the present example captures this atmospheric seclusion.Click here to share:
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ANDREA LOCATELLI (ITALIAN, 1665-1741) Campagna Romana oil on canvas 69.5 x 87 cm Property of a Private London Collection. Andrea Locatelli is considered one of the most important exponents of Roman landscape painting. He received training in the studio of his father, Giovanni Francesco, in Trastevere, Rome. In 1715, Locatelli was commissioned to decorate a room in the Palazzo Ruspoli in Rome, the first of several important commisions, however he was primarily as a painter of easel pictures. These were sought after not only by distinguished Roman patrons, but also by an international clientele, amongst whom he was renowned for his idyllic views of the Campagna as can be seen in the present work. Throughout the course of his career, Locatelli experimented with a wide variety of genres. Later, he turned more towards the works of Gaspar Dughet and Jan Frans van Bloemen painting idyllic views of the Roman Campagna and mythological scenes set in Arcadian landscapes. Andrea Locatelli was prolific landscape artist, born in Rome in 1695. He studied under his father, Giovanni Francesco Locatelli until 1708, where at the age of 13 he became a student of marine-scape specialist Monsù Alto. Following this, in 1712 he became a student of Bernardino Fergioni, an artist also known for his marine paintings. However, Locatelli broke the tradition of his former teachers, and the popular subject matter of his period, by placing focus on landscapes, such as the present example which captures figures and cows within a vast Italianate landscape. In their book titled ‘Andrea Locatelli and Roman Landscape Paintings of the Eighteenth Century’, Andrea Busiri Vici, wrote that "Locatelli’s landscapes are remarkable for the sense of solitude they convey despite the fact that they are populated by figures. There is a sense of seclusion, a quality that induced one to turn from the colourless life of the community to the joy of the isolation of an interiorized existence" (p. 264-267); the present example captures this atmospheric seclusion.Click here to share:
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