Editing Francesco Zuccarelli (section)

==Second English period (1765&ndash;1771)==
On this second visit to England, Zuccarelli was lauded by the English nobility and critics alike, and invited to exhibit at leading art societies.{{sfn|Levey|1959a|pp=11–15}} He continued to draw from diverse sources, as indicated by a work in a private collection. The peasant woman breast-feeding her child in a landscape shows the influence of Flemish-Dutch artists, Nordic clothing, and hints of [[Thomas Gainsborough]], a favourite referent of Zuccarelli during the 1760s.{{sfn|Spadotto|2016|p=33}}

The artist contributed works to shows held by the [[Society of Artists of Great Britain|Free Society of Artists]] in 1765, 1766, and 1782.{{sfn|Spadotto|2007|p=34}} In 1767, his painting ''Macbeth and the Witches'', probably a third version, was exhibited at [[Society of Artists of Great Britain|The Society of Artists]].{{sfn|Levey|1959a|p=7}} Shown alongside was the ''Journey of Jacob''. The two paintings had differing compositional styles. While ''Macbeth'' had quick and almost unformed brushstrokes, ''Jacob'' revealed careful attention to detail.{{sfn|Spadotto|2007|p=38}} ''Macbeth'' later achieved widespread dissemination through a 1770 engraving by [[William Woollett]].{{sfn|Sillars|2006|p=78}}

Zuccarelli was a founding member, in 1768, of the [[Royal Academy of Arts]]. King George III commissioned the out-sized painting ''River Landscape with the Finding of Moses'' (1768), a privilege granted to no other Italian artist.{{sfn|Spadotto|2007|p=34}}{{efn-ua|The Crown also paid Zuccarelli £428.8''s'' for 2 pictures and 2 frames on 12 January 1771, and Levey suggests the pictures may have been ''A Harbour Scene with Ruins, Figures and Cattle,'' and ''Landscape with a Temple and Cascade,'' both at Windsor Castle.{{sfnm|1a1=Anon.|1y=1771|ps=, Georgian Papers in the Royal Archives at Windsor, no. 17253; cited by {{harvnb|Levey|1964|p=105}}.}}}} The painting, impeccable from a formal point of view, clearly shows the influences of [[Gaspard Dughet]] as well as Claude Lorrain.{{sfn|Spadotto|2007|pp=40-41}} In 1769, Zucccarelli exhibited at the inaugural exhibition of the Royal Academy, showing two landscapes and figures; in 1770, three landscapes, a ''St. John Preaching in the Wilderness'', and a ''Holy Family''; and finally, in 1771, another ''Holy Family''.{{sfnm|1a1=Levey|1y=1959a|1p=14|2a1=Spadotto|2y=2007|2p=41}} As a postscript, the ''Finding of Moses'' was shown in 1773, two years after his departure to Italy.{{sfn|Levey|1959a|p=15}}