Andrea Locatelli

Locatelli (he spelled it Lucatelli) was born in Rome in 1695, as stated by him at the base of a self-portrait drawing he made for Nicola Pio in 1723.

He was influenced by Jan Frans van Bloemen, Giovanni Ghisolfi, Gaspard Dughet, Claude Lorrain, and especially Salvator Rosa.

In fact, he was never allowed induction into the Accademia di San Luca, a very prestigious mark of honor, even though his work was in great demand.

Early in his career, Locatelli specialized in romantic notions of the Latium countryside, frequently including improvised architectural elements of columns or buildings.

Balancing this horizontal pattern were vertical elements of buildings, columns and trees – especially large oaks or ilex rising up from the foreground.

[8] He drew inspiration from the Bamboccianti, a group of genre painters – most of them originally Flemish or Dutch – who worked in Rome from about 1625 to the close of the 17th century.