False Board Still Life with Fruit and Bushmeat Trompe l'oeil 1757 - Trompe l'oeil,1757

Features

Artwork title:  Finto asse con Natura morta con Frutta e Cacciagione

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Still life

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Finto asse con Natura morta con Frutta e Cacciagione

Oil on canvas. Undeciphered signature in the middle along the earthenware pot with lid and date. Fascinating composition with many quotes and references identifying the owner as an erudite or an academic. At the top left a false painting with the phrase: 'Ma fuori uscì la notte e il mondo ascose' taken from Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso (canto 11, stanza LXXXII). Below the image of two players identified as 'Tradasso palatino' (Tradasso is the antique Italian name for double bass) and 'Guido da Sury'. Another phrase is written near the cat 'Aggiunge ora l'astuzia alla rapina' with clear reference to the cat trying to reach the hare hung at its side. The hare has a phrase too 'Nec dedit fuga salutem' with reference to its useless escape from the hunter. Above the two mercenaries a letter dedicated to 'Pisstoia- al sig. Gismondi (?)" o Giannoli(?)'. The composition is complemented by a lot of fruit, dishes and a roast chicken. The painting is presented in a beautiful coeval frame from Emilia Romagna. 1757.

Product Condition:
Good condition. Wear consistent with age and use. Restored and relined.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 134
Width: 108
Depth: 7

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 118
Width: 94