Giulio Cecchini, Pastoral Landscape With Mountains & Lake

Giulio Cecchini, Pastoral Landscape With Mountains & LakeThis expansive mid 19th century oil painting by Italian artist Giulio Cecchini (b. 1832) depicts a tranquil pastoral landscape with a lake, mountains and figure. In the foreground, a seated figure rests beside his dog, a shepherd perhaps, positioned as a quiet inhabitant of the land. He appears at ease within his surroundings, suggesting a life shaped by familiarity and rhythm. The figures stillness offers an entry point into the scene, inviting the

The identity of this dapper gent is unknown but he’s probably Austrian given the ‘Wien’ inscription in the lower left

he moved to the thriving industrial city of Manchester during the 1830s and established a calico printing business together with his brother

Overall size: 30” x 40½” / 77cm x 103cm

taste and loyalty in equal measure

Our reference: BRV1850

holding a small statue of Orpheus

in his ‘spare time’

This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist Walter Waller Caffyn (1845-1897) depicts cattle by a stream near a wood

The focus here is on the array of plants that are bathed in radiant light

A direct competitor of court-favourite Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)

Artwork in very good condition

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