Crescenzio Onofri, 'Landscape with Fishermen', probably 1670-1712
About the work
Overview
Threatening clouds loom over the distant mountains and dwarf the cluster of buildings and stone bridge in the middle ground. Above the clouds, the sky is dark.There is a sense of movement throughout the scene, from the trees and clouds blown by the wind to the fishermen hauling in a net from the river in the foreground. A little further back, a boat carrying several other figures is hastily crossing the water.
Crescenzio Onofri was heavily influenced by the landscape artist Dughet, and spent his earlier career assisting him on numerous commissions as his pupil. This work and its companion piece Landscape with Figures were probably painted in Florence towards the end of Onofri’s career, when he worked for the court of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The foreground figures were likely painted by a collaborator, possibly Francesco Petrucci.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- Landscape with Fishermen
- Artist
- Crescenzio Onofri
- Artist dates
- 1640s - after 1712
- Date made
- probably 1670-1712
- Medium and support
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 171.5 × 243.8 cm
- Acquisition credit
- Presented by Philip Pusey, 1849
- Inventory number
- NG2724
- Location
- Not on display
- Collection
- Main Collection
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