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Description: | Fruit and flowers are displayed in a landscape at dusk in this still life, which was probably painted in Rome in the early eighteenth century. Painters of still-life subjects became increasingly specialised during the second half of the century. Ornament and 'invention' are the dominant characteristics of Roman still life paintings, which combine the contrasting illumination of the Neapolitan school, learnt from the Caravaggists, with Netherlandish influence in the compositional freedom. The distribution of flowers and fruits in a cascade, with a landscape background, derived from models provided by Flemish artists working in Rome. | Subjects: | flowers); landscape still life (fruit | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Italian (Roman) School Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Italian School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8968... | Go to resource |
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