Roman School, 17th Century
A melon, pomegranates, figs and grapes in a basket,
oil on canvas, 49.5 x 61 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private European Collection
The present composition can be compared to works by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (Viterbo 1587–1625 Rome) and the Master of the Acquavella’s Still-life with a Basket of Fruit and a Vase of Flowers, formerly with the Acquavella Gallery, New York, and subsequently in the Lorenzetti collection, Bergamo. Cavarozzi´s formative years were spent in Rome, studying with the Viterbese painter Tarquinio Ligustri and with Giovanni Battista Crescenzi, a nobleman with an academy for painters in his Palazzo by the Pantheon. The members of this academy were inspired by the interest that St. Philip Neri (1515-1595) encouraged in the smallest objects of God’s creation and the students were therefore encouraged to study fruits and flowers attentively.
The present painting displays a realistic observation of nature and surely relates to Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit, painted for Cardinal Federico Borromeo, now in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan.
18.10.2016 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 25,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
Roman School, 17th Century
A melon, pomegranates, figs and grapes in a basket,
oil on canvas, 49.5 x 61 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private European Collection
The present composition can be compared to works by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (Viterbo 1587–1625 Rome) and the Master of the Acquavella’s Still-life with a Basket of Fruit and a Vase of Flowers, formerly with the Acquavella Gallery, New York, and subsequently in the Lorenzetti collection, Bergamo. Cavarozzi´s formative years were spent in Rome, studying with the Viterbese painter Tarquinio Ligustri and with Giovanni Battista Crescenzi, a nobleman with an academy for painters in his Palazzo by the Pantheon. The members of this academy were inspired by the interest that St. Philip Neri (1515-1595) encouraged in the smallest objects of God’s creation and the students were therefore encouraged to study fruits and flowers attentively.
The present painting displays a realistic observation of nature and surely relates to Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit, painted for Cardinal Federico Borromeo, now in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan.
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 18.10.2016 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 08.10. - 18.10.2016 |