Title: 17th-Century Italian School Old Master Painting

Artist: Unknown (Italian School)
Date: 17th Century
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:

• Sight Size: 29 × 39 in.
• Framed Size: 36.25 × 45 in.
  Signature: Unsigned
  Condition Report:
• Overall in good condition
• Housed in a gilt frame

Description:

This 17th-century Italian School Old Master painting presents a pastoral coastal scene, skillfully composed with livestock and various human figures set against a picturesque landscape. The work exemplifies the Baroque tradition, capturing the interplay between nature and human activity with a harmonious balance of light, movement, and depth.

The warm color palette and fluid brushwork suggest an artist influenced by Italian landscape painters of the period, possibly drawing inspiration from Claude Lorrain, Salvator Rosa, or their contemporaries. The intricately detailed animals and figures add a narrative quality, reflecting the era’s fascination with rural life and classical landscapes.

Despite lacking a signature, the painting remains a remarkable representation of 17th-century Italian artistry, encapsulating the grandeur and idealized naturalism characteristic of Old Master paintings from this period.