Jan Frans van Bloemen, called l'Orizzonte

Andrea Busiri Vici collects ion, Rome.

A. Busiri Vici, Jan Frans van Bloemen, 'Orizzonte', Rome 1974, cat. no. 71, reproduced.

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The sketchy, almost impressionistic, brushwork of this small landscape is typical of Van Bloemen's late style. Busiri Vici, in whose collects ion this painting once was, suggested that it might even be a bozzetto for the larger signed work in the Accademia di San Luca, Rome (for which see Busiri Vici, under Literature, cat. no. 316, reproduced). Although the overall design and distant view with the Colosseum are similar, the figures in each work are differently arranged.