Antique Italian Pastoral Scenes 1762-1763 by Francesco Londonio, Milan, Italy Set of Six Giltwood Framed, 12 Original Period Prints

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A set of 18th Century gilt framed bucolic period prints in black on ivory laid paper. under protective glass, by … Read more A set of 18th Century gilt framed bucolic period prints in black on ivory laid paper. under protective glass, by Francesco Londonio. This is a series of twelve pastoral scenes dedicated to Count Carlo Firmian. Dated 1762-1763.
Francesco Londonio (Milan, 1723 – Milan, 1783)[1] was an Italian painter, engraver, and scenographer, active mainly in Milan in a late-Baroque or Rococo style.
Londonio was something of a specialist of etched rustic scenes. He seems to have made a number of series with these subjects. Many survive as single leaf impressions in the British Museum, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Also held in the Art Inst of Chicago and many other museums.
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W14", D.6", H21".

*Donkey & Foal with Dog and Man,
*Standing Ox with Sheep & Goat,
*Shepherd Boy with Flock,
*Shepherdess milkiing a Goat (9),
*Boy on Donkey with Flock,
*Peasant Teasing a Sleeping Girl,
*Shepherd in Repose near Horse,
*Seated Shepherdess with her Flock of Goats,
*Shepherdess with Sheep and Goat,
*Sleeping Child,
*Old Man sitting on a Rock.
*Sleeping Shepherd & Woman

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Londonio trained as a painter under Ferdinando Porta and Giovanni Battista Sassi in Milan, but traveled to Rome and Naples. He studied engraving with Benigno Bossi. He is best known for his paintings and etchings of rustic and pastoral landscapes and subjects, with both animals and peasants playing a dominating role over the landscape. This focus on genre themes was popular among the wealthy patrons of the time, specially in Northern Italy; and artists such as the Brescian painters - Ceruti and Cifrondi worked with such themes See less