Franz De Paula Ferg (Attributed), Figures Of The Commedia dell'Arte Performing In A Busy Village Square lithograph it’s a wonderfully intelligent collection

it’s a wonderfully intelligent collection of classical ideals

Note the treatment of light and shade

Their cottage is nestled into a clutch of tall birch trees

The church is adorned with numerous frescoes by some of Italy’s finest medieval painters

yet you’re drawn towards something unusual

Franz De Paula Ferg (Attributed), Figures Of The Commedia dell'Arte Performing In A Busy Village Square lithograph it’s a wonderfully intelligent collectionThis early 18th century oil painting attributed to Austrian artist, Franz de Paula Ferg (1689 1740), depicts the Commedia dellArte performing in a busy Italian village square. Ferg was a distinguished painter, draughtsman and printmaker of multi figure genre scenes and landscapes. Amid the hurly burly of a crowded market, citizens mingle to discuss various wares. In the foreground, a woman appears to plead with another during a goat based debate. A