Fine 1700’s Italian Old Master Oil Painting Hunting Dogs with Game, Roman Ruins

Artist/ School: Italian School, 1700 – 1740 The painting is almost certainly from the circle of the Italian Baroque painter known as ‘Rosa da Napoli’, Jacob Roos (Rome 1682-Naples 1730), both stylistically and in terms of period and quality. Jacob Roos is one of the best animalier painters active in Naples at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Our work reveals its aesthetic value and sensitivity to participate in that Rococo landscape for the modern, serene and Arcadian atmosphere. Jacob is the eldest son of Philip Peter Roos and participant in the workshop whose progenitor was Johann Henrich Roos. Born in Rome, he learned the art from his father (documented in Italy since 1680) and was influenced by the Capitoline landscape taste, according to a path similar to that carried out by Brandi, who De Dominici says was present in the Eternal City at a young age ( B. De Dominici, Lives of the Neapolitan painters, Naples 1742, III, pp. 560-65). The artist’s catalog is still sparse, whose works reveal a refined narrative taste, with modulated light effects and a full-bodied and chromatically lively draft. Title: The Hunting Party Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 22 x 26.5 inches Painting: 18 x 23 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. It has a very old reline to the canvas and for its years is in very presentable condition. Frame is antique and has a few blemishes to the surface but nothing detrimental to its enjoyment and function.