Roman School, 17th Century
Still life with a melon, pomgranates, figs and grapes in a basket
oil on canvas, 49.5 x 61 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private European collection
The present composition may be compared to works by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (Viterbo 1587–1625 Rome) and the Master of the Acquavella Still-Life, named after the 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 Philip Neri 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 an interest in the observation of nature in a realistic manner and this work surely relates to Caravaggio´s Basket of Fruit painted for Cardinal Federico Borromeo, now in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan.
20.10.2015 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 60,000.- to EUR 80,000.-
Roman School, 17th Century
Still life with a melon, pomgranates, figs and grapes in a basket
oil on canvas, 49.5 x 61 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private European collection
The present composition may be compared to works by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (Viterbo 1587–1625 Rome) and the Master of the Acquavella Still-Life, named after the 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 Philip Neri 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 an interest in the observation of nature in a realistic manner and this work 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: | 20.10.2015 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 10.10. - 20.10.2015 |