PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF J. E. SAFRA
Giacomo Ceruti, called Pitocchetto
A MOTHER AND HER CHILD MILKING A COW IN A LANDSCAPE, A GROUP OF PEASANTS AND ANIMALS BEYOND
LOT SOLD.
300,000 USD
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Giacomo Ceruti, called Pitocchetto
MILAN 1698 - 1767
A MOTHER AND HER CHILD MILKING A COW IN A LANDSCAPE, A GROUP OF PEASANTS AND ANIMALS BEYOND
Provenance
Private collection, Bergamo;
Rovida collection, Brescia;
Private collection, Brescia, by 1982;
Private collection, Switzerland;
With Alain Tarica, Geneva;
There acquired by the present collector in 1989.
Rovida collection, Brescia;
Private collection, Brescia, by 1982;
Private collection, Switzerland;
With Alain Tarica, Geneva;
There acquired by the present collector in 1989.
Literature
A. Morassi, "Giacomo Ceruti detto il 'Pitocchetto' pittore verista," in Pantheon, vol. XXV, September-October 1967, p. 357, reproduced pp. 363-4, figs. 21-22;
A. Boschetto, "I 'Coniugi Bonometti' del Ceruti, e qualche appunto sulla situazione" in Paragone, no. 219, May 1968, p. 61, under note 6;
F. Arisi, "Il 'Ritratto di condottiero' del Ceruti, cinque battaglie ed altro," in Memorie bresciane, 1981 vol. I, no. 1, p. 3, reproduced pp. 11, 12;
M. Gregori, Giacomo Ceruti, Milan 1982, p. 473, cat. no. 250, reproduced p. 404.
A. Boschetto, "I 'Coniugi Bonometti' del Ceruti, e qualche appunto sulla situazione" in Paragone, no. 219, May 1968, p. 61, under note 6;
F. Arisi, "Il 'Ritratto di condottiero' del Ceruti, cinque battaglie ed altro," in Memorie bresciane, 1981 vol. I, no. 1, p. 3, reproduced pp. 11, 12;
M. Gregori, Giacomo Ceruti, Milan 1982, p. 473, cat. no. 250, reproduced p. 404.
Catalogue Note
Although well known for his portraits, still-life and religious paintings, Ceruti is most celebrated as a painter of genre and low-life scenes, depicting his humble subjects with striking naturalism and unusual dignity. Here the artist depicts a tender moment between mother and child as they sit together milking a cow.
The painting has been dated by Dr. Mina Gregori (see literature) to the 1760's. It belongs to a group of pastoral works which the artist completed towards the end of his career and which were influenced by a series of prints by Cornelis Bloemaert after Abraham Bloemaert. The present painting relates specifically to the twelfth print in the series. A proposed pendant to present composition, depicting a young girl with a cow and a sheep in a rocky landscape, was previously in the Suida Manning collection and sold at Christie's London, 24 May 1991, lot 67 (fig. 1).
The painting has been dated by Dr. Mina Gregori (see literature) to the 1760's. It belongs to a group of pastoral works which the artist completed towards the end of his career and which were influenced by a series of prints by Cornelis Bloemaert after Abraham Bloemaert. The present painting relates specifically to the twelfth print in the series. A proposed pendant to present composition, depicting a young girl with a cow and a sheep in a rocky landscape, was previously in the Suida Manning collection and sold at Christie's London, 24 May 1991, lot 67 (fig. 1).
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