SCENE WITH HAYSTACK, by Susan Isabel Dacre.

▲ Possibly ” ….. Arezzo”, a city in eastern Tuscany, northern central Italy (see comment at bottom of page).

Images: donated by owner.

  • Title(s): Scene with haystack (this web site).
  • Description: Rural scene with low rustic buildings foreground, a larger two-storey building left-centre mid-ground and a round, conically thatch-topped haystack slightly right-off-centre foreground, rolling hills in the background and bright, partly cloudy blue sky,
  • Media: ?
  • Dimensions: ?
  • Signature/date/other text: Signed “S Isabel Dacre”.
  • History:
    • 2003 – Bought by current owner (May 2025) at auction.
  • Location: Private collection.

The Mancheser Art Gallery label is identical to one on Santa Maria Dei Monti, Perugia (1899). The frame is very similar to that of From a balcony at Perugia (1911) and Landscape with winding road (undated).

Comment by Grant Waters, 28 Dec 2023: Hi Jonathan, Another interesting article. Thank you. I cannot decipher all of the inscription but I am reasonably confident the final word reads as ‘Arezzo’, which is a city in eastern Tuscany. That would fit well with Isabel Dacre’s known subject matter. Hope that helps a little. Kind regards, Grant Waters.

Page last updated 16 Feb 2026.