Italian Tempera Landscapes

Description
A pair of tempera paintings depicting landscapes animated by architecture, waterways, and small figures, Veneto, 18th century.
Details

The compositions, conceived with a scenic sense and a light, delicate palette, follow the typical scheme of 18th-century capriccio landscape, combining natural and architectural elements into idealised views. Ruins, bridges, houses, and figures along the banks lend a gentle narrative note and an agreeable decorative character. By approach and pictorial language, the works recall Veneto production made for interior decoration, where landscape receives luminous handling and careful compositional balance.

Each tempera:
height 30 cm, width 38 cm
(11 3/4 in.; 15 in.)

Condition
excellent
Category
Item Number
3851
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