Eight Figures Studies of Peasants and Shepherds

Francesco Londonio

Download hi-res image TITLE Eight Figures Studies of Peasants and Shepherds
AUTHOR Francesco Londonio
DATE 1760 - 5
OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Oil on paper
DIMENSIONS cm 43 x 28,5
INVENTORY 478-479
ROOM XXXVI
Work on display

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.