Villa Borghese
| Reference: | s11848 |
| Author | Jan Frans van BLOEMEN detto "Orizzonte" |
| Year: | 1730 ca. |
| Measures: | 175 x 335 mm |
€500.00
| Reference: | s11848 |
| Author | Jan Frans van BLOEMEN detto "Orizzonte" |
| Year: | 1730 ca. |
| Measures: | 175 x 335 mm |
€500.00
Description
View of a garden with two female statues on the left, several figures walking at centre, a palm tree and buildings in background; state with lettering. Most likely a view of Villa Borghese.
Etching, circa 1730, signed in lower margin: "Fran: van Bloemen del: Horizonti".
A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, with small margins, very good condition.
This relevant landscape, wide-ranging and classical, is due to the hand of one of the greatest landscape painters active in Rome in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Jan Frans Van Bloemen known as “Orizzonte” (The Horizon).
The work reflects an emblematic example of Bloemenian landscape painting, where it is possible to trace the highlights of his painting, such as the intense presence of vegetation and the typical touches of light cadenced between the foliage of the trees.
Of Flemish origin, Van Bloemen learned the art of drawing in his homeland, studying initially with Anton Goubau. After a Parisian sojourn documented between 1682 and 1684, he moved to Italy with his brother Pieter (also a painter, known by the nickname "Stendardo"), moving from Turin to Rome, the latter city where he resided permanently, except for a brief trip to southern Italy.
After a debut all geared toward the execution of markedly Dughettian landscapes, he acquired in late 17th-century Rome an extraordinary reputation as a landscape painter, earning the nickname “Orizzonte”. His vivid, bright hues, tending at times to pastel tones, gradually went on to oust the hegemony of brown tones and dark backdrops typical of his celebrated predecessor Gaspard Dughet.
Jan Frans van BLOEMEN detto "Orizzonte" (Anversa 1662 - Roma 1749)
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Jan Frans Van Bloemen (Antwerp 1662 - Rome 1749), younger brother of Pieter, was born in Antwerp in 1662 to a family of Flemish artists. In 1689 Jan Frans decided to move to Rome, where Pieter had already resided since 1674. In 1690 Norbert van Bloemen, the third brother of the family, also followed them. However, Jan Frans was the only one who chose the papal capital as his permanent residence (Pieter returned to Antwerp in 1694 and Norbert left for Amsterdam before 1724).
Van Bloemen executed for not only the Roman market a large number of landscapes that earned him the nickname “Orizzonte” (Horizon) because of the vast natural scenery he depicted in them. His compositions, reminiscent of those of Gaspard Dughet and Claude Lorrain, reiterate a tried-and-true pattern of inserting small figures, ancient monuments and city views within a broad landscape backdrop, often portrayed from life.
He was in close contact with the community of Nordic artists residing in Rome in the second half of the seventeenth century, assembled from the so-called "Schildersbent". He was married in Rome in 1693, and the Dutch artist Caspar van Wittel, known as ‘Vanvitelli’, was godfather to the couple’s first child, baptized in 1694. Although patronized by aristocratic Roman families, Orizzonte’s artistic career was marred by his prolonged confrontation with the Accademia di S Luca. The precise reasons for the difficulties are unknown, but he was only finally accepted by the Accademia at the age of 80, after his third application for membership.Jan Frans died in Rome in 1749.
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Jan Frans van BLOEMEN detto "Orizzonte" (Anversa 1662 - Roma 1749)
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Jan Frans Van Bloemen (Antwerp 1662 - Rome 1749), younger brother of Pieter, was born in Antwerp in 1662 to a family of Flemish artists. In 1689 Jan Frans decided to move to Rome, where Pieter had already resided since 1674. In 1690 Norbert van Bloemen, the third brother of the family, also followed them. However, Jan Frans was the only one who chose the papal capital as his permanent residence (Pieter returned to Antwerp in 1694 and Norbert left for Amsterdam before 1724).
Van Bloemen executed for not only the Roman market a large number of landscapes that earned him the nickname “Orizzonte” (Horizon) because of the vast natural scenery he depicted in them. His compositions, reminiscent of those of Gaspard Dughet and Claude Lorrain, reiterate a tried-and-true pattern of inserting small figures, ancient monuments and city views within a broad landscape backdrop, often portrayed from life.
He was in close contact with the community of Nordic artists residing in Rome in the second half of the seventeenth century, assembled from the so-called "Schildersbent". He was married in Rome in 1693, and the Dutch artist Caspar van Wittel, known as ‘Vanvitelli’, was godfather to the couple’s first child, baptized in 1694. Although patronized by aristocratic Roman families, Orizzonte’s artistic career was marred by his prolonged confrontation with the Accademia di S Luca. The precise reasons for the difficulties are unknown, but he was only finally accepted by the Accademia at the age of 80, after his third application for membership.Jan Frans died in Rome in 1749.
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