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Francesco Battaglioli (Venetian master) - 18th century painting - Landscape

c.1760

$14,255.20
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About the Item

Francesco Battaglioli (Modena 1710 ca. - Venice after 1796) - Architectural capriccio with figures. 83.5 x 114.5 cm (without frame) - 98 x 130 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in carved and gilded wooden frame (not signed). Provenance: Private collection, Friuli Venezia Giulia. Bears label with previous attribution to Michele Marieschi (Venice 1710 - Venice 1744). Francesco Battaglioli is one of the leading figures in the tradition of architectural capriccio painting in eighteenth-century Venice. Trained in Modena, where he worked as a theatrical set designer, he moved to Venice around the mid-century, engaging with the fantasy vedutism associated with Giovanni Antonio Canal and Michele Marieschi. His work is distinguished by a rigorous perspectival construction, inherited from his scenic training, and by a diffuse, silvery light that moves across the architecture with restrained touch. The present painting offers a composition typical of his mature period: a Roman triumphal arch in the foreground to the right opens onto a landscape background featuring a medieval tower, scattered ruins, and a river stretching into the distance. Figures in eighteenth-century dress, distributed naturally along the visual path, rimandano to the macchiette of the Canaletto tradition, rendered with quick and confident brushwork. The treatment of the sky, with the central cloud dissolving into pale blue, and the perspectival construction of the arch find close stylistic comparison with documented works by Battaglioli. The previous attribution to Michele Marieschi, attested by the label on the reverse, is understandable given the shared subject matter and setting, but the painterly handling, softer and more atmospheric than Marieschi's more incisive touch, points with confidence to Francesco Battaglioli. Condition report: Relined canvas. Good state of conservation of the pictorial surface, with traces of aging and wear. - All shipments are free and professionally packed. - This item is sold with a certificate of authenticity with legal validity. - Further details on the condition report are available upon request. *Please keep in mind that this work has not yet obtained the certificate of free export from Italy from the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. This document certifies that the work is not part of the Italian cultural heritage. Normally the times for issuing certificates are 40 days from the date of the appointment: The new legislation in force from 2021 provides for shorter times at the discretion of the expert commission for declared amounts of less than € 13,500. All costs of this operation are included.
  • Attributed to:
    Francesco Battaglioli (1725 - 1796, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    c.1760
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 38.59 in (98 cm)Width: 51.19 in (130 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Framing:
    Frame Included
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    Please note that any damage or breakage of the antiques in our collection will be restored at the time of sale upon request.
  • Gallery Location:
    Varmo, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU886312858542

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