Giuseppe Zais, 'Landscape with a Group of Figures Fishing', probably 1770-80
About the work
Overview
A lady dressed in colourful clothes and holding a fishing rod gazes merrily out of the picture. She is accompanied by a woman with a net and a man who picks up a basket of fish. Other men and women gather beside the meandering river, some casting and reeling in their fishing lines. In the distance, two shepherds and their sheep cross the shallow water and head towards a small group of people and animals in front of a small hamlet. A curved tree to the right and a steeply winding path on the left frame the scene.
Guiseppe Zais spent most of his career in Venice and is best known for his depictions of rural landscapes, the details of which are painted using thickly applied paint and bold colouring. Landscape with a Group of Figures, the companion to this picture, is also in the National Gallery’s collection.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- Landscape with a Group of Figures Fishing
- Artist
- Giuseppe Zais
- Artist dates
- 1709 - 1784
- Date made
- probably 1770-80
- Medium and support
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49 × 65.5 cm
- Acquisition credit
- Bought, 1889
- Inventory number
- NG1297
- Location
- Not on display
- Collection
- Main Collection
Provenance
Additional information
Text extracted from the ‘Provenance’ section of the catalogue entry in Michael Levey, ‘National Gallery Catalogues: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Italian Schools’, London 1986; for further information, see the full catalogue entry.
Bibliography
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1956Levey, Michael, National Gallery Catalogues: The Eighteenth Century Italian Schools, London 1956
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1986Levey, Michael, National Gallery Catalogues: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Italian Schools, London 1986
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2001
C. Baker and T. Henry, The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue, London 2001
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