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Antonio Francesco Peruzzini
Landscape with the Temptation of Christcirca 1715

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Oil painting of two figures in a rocky, wooded landscape — one reclining in a cream garment, the other muscular and crouching above on a dark boulder, with dramatic chiaroscuro and loose, painterly brushwork

Antonio Francesco Peruzzini, Alessandro Magnasco, Landscape with the Temptation of Christ, circa 1715, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund and the William Randolph Hearst Collection by exchange, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Antonio Francesco Peruzzini
Italy, Ancona, 1646/1647-1724
Artist or Maker
Alessandro Magnasco
Italy, Genoa, circa 1667-1749
Title
Landscape with the Temptation of Christ
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1715
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 46 × 37 3/4 in. (116.84 × 95.89 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund and the William Randolph Hearst Collection by exchange
Accession Number
81.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.