È morta la vacca

The Cow Died

Oil on canvas, 116×160 cm Signed at lower left Before 1909 Siena, Collection of the City of Siena As in the preceding painting, here too Pascucci deals with a complex articulation of light which cuts partially through a dark space: around a table set for a simple meal are gathered

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I calzolai o Ciabattini o Veglia laboriosa

The Shoemakers or Cobblers or Working Late

Oil on canvas, 44.5×53.5 cm Signed at lower right Before 1905 Manciano, private collection Exhibited in Rome in 1905, the painting is one of a group of works in which Pascucci studies the effects of artificial light in dark environments to draw forth vivid plays of colour. The oil lamp

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Il riposo del pastore o Giacobbe addormentato

The Repose of the Shepherd or Jacob Sleeping

Oil on canvas, 73×93 cm 1901 Siena, Collection of the Società di Esecutori di Pie Disposizioni In early 1902 Pascucci sent this picture, under the title The Repose of the Shepherd, to the Società di Esecutori di Pie Disposizioni to obtain an extension of the Biringucci fellowship, granted for another

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La mietitura - Paride Pascucci

La mietitura

The Wheat Harvest Oil on canvas, 64.5×117.5 cm 1900 Siena, Collection of the Società di Esecutori di Pie Disposizioni This painting was sent to the Società di Esecutori di Pie Disposizioni in 1901 as the second sample of his work for the Biringucci fellowship, with the request that the fellowship

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Eroi di Maremma - Paride Pascucci

Heroes of Maremma

Oil on canvas, 75×95 cm 1895 Signed and dated at lower left Florence, CR Firenze art collection In a cold, sparely furnished room a man lies on a bed, dead before his time of malaria, despite the attempts to heal him testified by the quantity of scallions packed into the

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Klaes Molenaer (Haarlem 1628/29 - 1676)
Paesaggio invernale

Winter Landscape 

Klaes Molenaer (Haarlem 1628/29 – 1676)  Winter Landscape  Oil on canvas, 72 x 102 cm The seventeenth century saw the flourishing rise in Holland of the winter landscape genre, well represented by this painting which, above and beyond the individual figurative elements typical of this artist’s repertory, evidences his vocation

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Jan van Goyen (Leida 1596 - L’Aja 1656)
Paesaggio fluviale con pescatori

Maritime Landscape with Fishermen

Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596 – The Hague 1656) Maritime Landscape with Fishermen Oil on wood (oak), 47.5 x 62 cm (oval) Signed and dated at lower right, under the dock 1635 f JVG The atmosphere of suspension and contemplation, underlined by the limited palette, lifts the humble daily life

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Pieter de Molijn (Londra 1595 - Haarlem 1661) 
Paesaggio con villaggio, contadini e viandanti

Landscape with Village, Peasants, and Wayfarers

Pieter de Molijn (London 1595 – Haarlem 1661) Landscape with Village, Peasants, and Wayfarers Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 142.5 cm Signed at lower left PMolijn [initials joined together] 1656 In the contrast between the solid depiction of the foreground, the less well-defined horizon and the large space allotted to

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Moyses van Wtenbrouck (o Uyttenbroeck) (L’Aia 1595 - 1647)
Paesaggio con pastori e animali presso un corso d’acqua

Landscape with Shepherds and Animals Near a River

Moyses van Wtenbrouck (or Uyttenbroeck) (The Hague 1595-1647) Landscape with Shepherds and Animals Near a River Oil on wood (oak), 43.3 x 63.3 cm Signed at lower right Mo van wtenbrouck/ 16. Depicting a hilly landscape with shepherds and their flocks resting near a waterway that runs through a luminous

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Carlo Antonio Procaccini (Bologna 1571 - Milano? 1630?)
Riposo durante la Fuga in Egitto

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Carlo Antonio Procaccini (Bologna 1571 – Milan? 1630?) Rest on the Flight into Egypt Oil on wood, 34 x 48 cm An example of the interest in Flemish painting that flourished in Milan around Federico Borromeo, Carlo Antonio Procaccini here borrows his figures from an engraving of 1593 by his

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