Francesco Pascucci (1748 - after 1804)

Francesco Pascucci (1748 - after 1804) The Adoration of the Shepherds; and The Holy Family beneath a palm tree resting in Egypt the first signed and dated ‘I. F. PASCVCCI 1779’ (on the manger) inscribed with titles and provenance (on the reverse) oil on canvas 69 x 93.5cm, a pairProvenance:Acquired in Rome in 1826 by Everson Harrisson,Thence by descent to the present ownerFrancesco Pascucci, or Pascuccio, trained in Rome where he became known for painting portraits of foreign visitors, including Oswald von Mering of Cologne (1793), C.W. Schüller of Rotterdam and the French prefect, Fauchet, whose portrait is now in the Musée de Draguignan. Little is known about his life, though it is recorded that he spent part of his career in France. He also painted religious subjects, including the Sacrifice of Isaac and Moses with the Tablets of the Law for Livorno Cathedral, Tuscany, and a few mythological paintings, such as the Capture of Troy in Pisa.