Pastoral Landscape
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Carlo Antonio Tavella
(1668–1738)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1716
MediumPen and iron gall and brown inks over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down
DimensionsSheet: 11 5/16 × 16 5/8 in. (28.8 × 42.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection, 2017.1385
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2017.1385
On View
Not on viewBorn and trained in Milan, Tavella was a protagonist in the development of landscape painting in North Italy, specifically the principal exponent of the classical tradition in Genoa after his relocation there in 1701. Unusual as a figure study, this drawing represents a kind of homage to the Genoese tradition of animal subjects and to the work of Castiglione in particular. Meticulously rendered in two inks to lend an atmospheric perspective, signed and dated, it was surely a special effort for presentation to a patron.
Exhibitions
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
circa 1621-23
