Workshop of Jan Frans van Bloemen (Antwerp, 1622 - Rome, 1749) Lazio landscape Oil on canvas, 48.5X64.5 cm The painting, to be considered as belonging to the vast production of Jan Frans van Bloemen and his pupils. The composition portrays the luxuriant Roman countryside, in particular it is the village of Grottaferrata with the church and convent of Santa Maria and San Nino, following an image scheme well tested by the 18th century landscape architects active in the papal city and in particular from Bloemen, as the numerous comparisons of paintings now in national and international private collections clearly show (Florence, Bari, London and New York), in the three recurring figures, the washerwoman and the rsq