Eine Hirtenfamilie. Gewitter in der römischen Campagna

1835

not on display

Johann Conrad Zeller1807 Zürich – 1856 Zürich

The scene takes place at Torre di Schiave in the Roman Campagna during a thunderstorm, Rome can be seen in the distance.
During his training in Rome from 1832 onwards, Zeller was patronized by Horace Vernet, then director of the French Academy; this painting was the first major composition in oil that he undertook and presented to him.In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.

Also known as

A Shepherd Family. Storm in the Roman Campagna Une famille de berger. Orage dans la campagne romaine.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 100 x 136 cm

Inventory number

235

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Adolf Pestalozzi-von Schulthess, 1855

Signature

inscr. left of lower center: C Zeller . Roma. 1835

Inscriptions

Accession year

1855

Provenance

Johann Conrad Zeller (*1807 Zürich, +1856 Zürich) (Künstler/-in)
1847, Heinrich Zeller-Füssli (Sammler/-in)
Nachlass Johann Conrad Zeller, Nachlass
[Verbleib unbekannt?]
o.D. – 1855, Adolph Pestalozzi-von Schulthess (*1816 Zürich, +1872) (Sammler/-in), Zürich
ab 1855, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Geschenk

About the provenance

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Literature (general)

- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 169. - Das Leben des Malers Johann Conrad Zeller, hrsg. von J.-H. Meyer-Ochsner (Neujahrsblatt der Künstlergesellschaft in Zürich, NF. XVII), 1857, S. 5, 7.

Object type

painting

Classification

C 1[1] painting 19th century CHE

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