Michelangelo Cerquozzi
(Rome 1602–1660)
Bunches of grapes, pomegranate, figs, pears and cherries,
oil on panel, 19.5 x 30 cm, framed
The present painting depicts a stone ledge on which a series of fruits including grapes, figs, cherries and a pomegranate are shown. They are lit by a clear cool light, atmospherically reminiscent of lunar light. The three-dimensional volume of the objects emerges thanks to the handling of the light, which singles out the individual form of each fruit and this effect is further emphasised by the way in which the fig leaf and the pear seemingly spill over the fore-edge of the stone ledge they are set upon.
Michelangelo Cerquozzi’s first biographers Giovanni Battista Passeri and Filippo Baldinucci described him as dedicated to painting still lifes, battle scenes and genre pictures or bambocciate. He was first apprenticed to the still life painter Agostino Verrocchi. He became well integrated within the circle of artists active in mid-seventeenth century Rome, including Pietro da Cortona, Domenico Viola and Giacinto Brandi.
Specialist: Mark MacDonnell
Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403
mark.macdonnell@dorotheum.at
03.05.2023 - 18:00
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EUR 8,000.- to EUR 12,000.-
Michelangelo Cerquozzi
(Rome 1602–1660)
Bunches of grapes, pomegranate, figs, pears and cherries,
oil on panel, 19.5 x 30 cm, framed
The present painting depicts a stone ledge on which a series of fruits including grapes, figs, cherries and a pomegranate are shown. They are lit by a clear cool light, atmospherically reminiscent of lunar light. The three-dimensional volume of the objects emerges thanks to the handling of the light, which singles out the individual form of each fruit and this effect is further emphasised by the way in which the fig leaf and the pear seemingly spill over the fore-edge of the stone ledge they are set upon.
Michelangelo Cerquozzi’s first biographers Giovanni Battista Passeri and Filippo Baldinucci described him as dedicated to painting still lifes, battle scenes and genre pictures or bambocciate. He was first apprenticed to the still life painter Agostino Verrocchi. He became well integrated within the circle of artists active in mid-seventeenth century Rome, including Pietro da Cortona, Domenico Viola and Giacinto Brandi.
Specialist: Mark MacDonnell
Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403
mark.macdonnell@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 03.05.2023 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 22.04. - 03.05.2023 |