19th century, Still life with fruits

Roman school, second half of the 17th century Composition with lemons and small dog Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 74.5 cm Framed, 120 x 95 cm The work we describe here can be framed in t...

Area of ??Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo (Naples, 1629 - 1697) Still life with fruit and little bird Measures: Oil on canvas, 62 x 83 cm The still life in question shows juicy citrus fruits, among which we can recognize oranges and cedars, together with red berries scattered on the ground. A cheerful little bird rests on the edge of a terracotta pot in which some pink-mottled carnations grow. The landscape that can be observed all around is veiled by clouds and shaded by shrubs, while in the distance there is a green hill. Dominating the foreground and standing out from the dark background is the fruit which, lush and juicy, stands out in the vivacity of the colors in contrast with the dark background. The full-bodied brushstroke that delineates the wrinkled peel of citrus fruits to restore the realism of the fruit, just as the green leaves of the stems softly folded on themselves are sketched with extreme truthfulness, they ascribe the work to a painter working in the circle of Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo. Ruoppolo is a Neapolitan artist, specialized in the genre of still life, indeed De Dominici himself in his Lives of Neapolitan painters, sculptors and architects recognizes him a primary role in the Neapolitan school of the genre. He studied, together with Giuseppe Recco (1634 -?), In the workshop of Paolo Porpora (1617 - 1673). He painted almost exclusively fruit and flower paintings...

Lombard School, 17th century Still Life with Flowers Oil on canvas, 52 x 60 cm Framed, 67 x 76 cm The oil on canvas under consideration, depicting a floral jubilation emerging f...

Roman School, 17th century Still Life Oil on canvas, 79 x 107 cm Framed, 93 x 121 cm The work under scrutiny, depicting a majestic still life of flowers, is ascribed to the 17th...

Oil on Canvas. Italian school of the 17th-18th centuries. A large composition of colorful flowers in embossed metal vases and some fruits scattered on the ground are placed against a...

Italian Renaissance style still life of fruit with gold serving pieces displayed in front of a green drape in a gilt carved frame Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use

A stunning Italian 17th century oil on canvas still life, from Rome. The painting depicts a beautiful fruit bowl and grapes in the foreground and wonderfully executed bouquet of flow...

Beautifully executed large-scale still life painting with overflowing fruit, flowers and a parrot. Oil on canvas, in carved, painted and gilt period frame. Signed in lower right corn...