An Italian Seaport Jean-Antoine A fragment - possibly

A fragment - possibly

is inspired by Raphael's fresco of the same subject in the Vatican Logge and shows the influence of Annibale Carracci and Domenichino

and became one of Antwerp's leading religious painters

The influence of De Loutherbourg in terms of landscape and of Reynolds for the figures is apparent from the comparison with the paintings on each side

One of Cartwright's finest portraits

An Italian Seaport Jean-Antoine A fragment - possiblyThis theatrical, bustling seaport is effectively a 'capriccio' a scene invented by the artist by juxtaposing selected elements in order to obtain heightened stylistic effects and atmospheres.