Eight Figures Studies of Peasants and Shepherds
Technical Details
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Title
Eight Figures Studies of Peasants and Shepherds -
Author
Francesco Londonio -
Year
1760 - 5 -
Dimensions
cm 43 x 28,5 -
Inventory
478-479 -
Room
XXXVI
The artist’s great-grandson bequeathed these studies to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in 1837, along with a substantial workshop collection. The extensive collection comprises both rapid sketches and, as in this case, fuller studies – some of them produced while travelling to Rome and Naples – that reveal his working method. The work of Londonio, who belonged to the generation after Ceruti, offers a more dreamlike, Arcadian interpretation of the rural world.
