Oil on wood. Unsigned.

Each 44 x 34 cm. Framed : Each 50 x 39 cm.

Courtly lady in company riding and courtly cavalier in company riding. Decorative colorful genre scenes with a masterful depiction of horses and riders. The focus is on the courtly couple in a landscape with a deep horizon. Profiled wash gold frames.

Casanova, Italian painter, draftsman. His brother was the famous writer and adventurer Giacomo Casanova. From 1728 resident in Venice, where he was a pupil of Gianantonio Guardi. From about 1750 pupil of Francesco Simonini. 1752-1757 active in Dresden, 1758-1783 in Paris. 1763 member of the Paris Academy and Peintre du Roi. Active in Vienna since 1783. Works in numerous international museums * Partner auction Bergmann.

Literature : Saur (1997), Thieme-Becker (1907-1950), Benezit (2006), Schweers (1994).