Francesco Casanova

Francesco Casanova (London 1732/33- Vorderbruh, Vienna 1803), Stopping of knights

18th 18th Century

Karl Breydel, called The Knight of Antwerp (Antwerp, 1678-1733) Battle scene between Christians and Turks Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 41 cm The painting under consideration, consideri...

Pietro Dandini (Florence, April 12, 1646 - November 26, 1712), attr. The Finding of Moses Oil on canvas, 105 x 206 cm Framed, 116 x 219 cm Born, as the erudite Baldinucci reports...

After Simon Johannes van Douw (Antwerp c. 1630 - c. 1677) The stop of a traveler on horseback near a post station Oil painting on canvas 45 x 55 cm In frame cm. 55 x 65 In this pleasant painting, depicting a knight parked near a post station, the Flemish tradition is based on a strong Italianizing sensitivity, especially by observing the setting and its peculiar brightness. The mixture of genres and the particular style of execution make it easy to trace the authorship back to a Nordic author but active in Rome, or strongly influenced by the style in vogue in the Eternal city, between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: we are referring, in in particular, to a follower of the Antwerp Simon Johannes van Douw. The chromatic elegance and refinement with which he outlines the figures are typical aspects of his painting. The scene takes place outside a cottage, probably a post office for travelers, where a modest family divides the tasks by assisting the knights. We see a young boy who hands water to the horse before he sets off again, the father is preparing to feed him with straw and the mother who instead takes care of the little son. The Italian reminiscences, evident in our painting, have been absorbed by many Northern European authors such as Nicolaes Berchem, Philips Wouwerman or Johannes Lingelbach, all inspired by the leader Pieter van Laer...

Oil on Canvas. The scene takes place at a military camp: outside a tent on the left a leader of an army, probably Greek, is receiving offerings of a group of men, poor and ragged, ...