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Francesco Zuccarelli (1702 - 1788)
A Landscape with classical figures
Oil on canvas
Height: 43.5cm, sight size
Width: 58.5cm, sight size
Width: 58.5cm, sight size
Museum number: P141
Purchased by Soane at Christie's 17 January 1800, Lot 81. The 1840 inventory of paintings in the Soane Archive says that this picture was formerly in the Beckford collection at Fonthill. The sale catalogue of 1800 (Soane Archive) has the name 'Foxhall' recorded alongside Soane's name as the buyer. It is possible that this records Edward Foxhall acting as agent for one of William Beckford senior's pictures being sold through him.
Literature
Soane, Description, 1830, pp. 15 and 48
Soane, Description, 1835, p. 20
Susan Feinberg Millenson, Sir John Soane's Museum, 1987, p.78
Thornton and Dorey, A Miscellany of objects from Sir John Soane's Museum, 1992, p.125
New Description, 2007, pp. 31 and 97
Soane, Description, 1835, p. 20
Susan Feinberg Millenson, Sir John Soane's Museum, 1987, p.78
Thornton and Dorey, A Miscellany of objects from Sir John Soane's Museum, 1992, p.125
New Description, 2007, pp. 31 and 97
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: worksofart@soane.org.uk