Giovanni Crivelli known as Crivellino (? – 1760), Fight between dogs and bison

Giovanni Crivelli known as Crivellino (Milan, ? – Parma, 1760)

Fight between dogs and bison

Oil on canvas, 84 x 111 cm

With frame 112 x 139 cm

Thanks to the comparison with his autograph works, which will be discussed, the present painting can be traced back to the hand of the Milanese Giovanni Crivelli (Milan, ? – Parma, 1760) known as Crivellino to distinguish him from his father Angelo Maria, also a painter and known as the Crivellone (news from 1662 – approx. 1730).

The confirmation of Crivellino's authorship comes above all on the basis of a comparison with some paintings in the Cova Minotti collection in Milan, depicting a Boar attacked by dogs (signed and dated “Gio. Crivelli fec.1720”) and a Bear attacked by dogs. Close similarities are visible in the setting of the work, in the composition and in the re-presentation of the same types of dogs and bison, in particular in another work from the same collection depicting an Attack on the Bison.

These works bear witness in Crivellino's corpus to the reference to international hunting culture, in particular to the Flemish one, almost with the intention - as Arisi points out in the aforementioned monograph dedicated to the two Crivelli - to compete with those models. Canvases highly appreciated by contemporaries and the great aristocracy; Lanzi recalls Crivellino, among other things, who was very active at the Farnese court in Parma.

The canvas in question depicts a fight between dogs and a bull in which the expressive power and strength that Crivellino's painting can achieve are fully manifested. The three dogs, caught in different poses, growling, with their mouths open, seem to surround the bull in difficulty. The brushstroke is fast, yet defined, and vibrates, transmitting further excitement to the dynamism inherent in the scene. The rendering of the coats, of great quality, seems alive, giving a real idea of ​​the animal fur. The bull, in difficulty, seems to rotate his head ready to collapse to the ground. The size of the fighting animals dominates the surrounding landscape, focusing attention on the fight, even though the architectural ruins and the blurring of the sky in the distance are very fascinating. A figure of a shepherd walking intently observing the scene from a certain distance further enriches the composition.

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