Description
Francesco Tironi (Venice 1745 – Venice 1797) – Venetian landscape with shepherds and herds.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved, lacquered and gilded wooden frame (not signed).
– The painting is certainly attributed to the hand of Francesco Tironi (Venice 1745 – Venice 1797) based on stylistic comparisons.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conservation of the pictorial surface, there are signs of aging and wear.
Francesco Tironi (Venice 1745 – Venice 1797) was a Venetian painter and engraver known for being one of the last vedutisti active during the 18th century. Information about him is relatively scarce, but Tironi is recognized and appreciated by collectors for the significant contribution he made to the Venetian veduta of the 18th century.
His style takes up the lesson of Francesco Guardi, with the use of a contrasting color palette that alternates brown tones with highlights, all to create a more atmospheric than calligraphic effect in his paintings.
This landscape represents a rare example in which the painter did not try to paint Venice, but rather to represent the Venetian countryside. We find the colors and tones typical of Tironi, from the clouds in the sky to the “macchiette”, this time dressed as country figurines instead of gondoliers.
