Bartolomeo Pedon [Italian, 1665-1732]
“Ruins”
Oil on canvas
66 x 45-1/2 inches unframed
70 x 52 inches framed

Pedon was born in October 1665. In 1716, he became part of the Fragilia, a guild of Venetian painters. He lived the lifestyle of a Bohemian and had enjoyed poetry. Pedon spent most of his career as a painter in Padua, in the Monastery of San Benedetto, and died in February 1733. The present painting, attributed to Pedon, relies on the late Seicento landscape tradition of Northern Italy. This painting depicts a romantic fluvial landscape with a town in the background, fisherman unloading their nets, female figures at rest, and architectural ruins inspired by the antique, as was fitting of the artists of this period.
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