Full Record |
| Title |
Still Life with Fruit |
| Alternative Title |
Still Life |
| Original Translation |
Cesto di uva e melagrane |
| Collection |
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester |
| Artist |
Attributed to Pace del Campidoglio, Michele (Italian painter, probably 1610- probably 1670)
Previously attributed to Italian (Neapolitan) School
Previously attributed to Italian (Roman) School |
| Date Earliest |
possibly 1650 |
| Date Latest |
possibly 1780 |
| Description |
This impressive still life has been attributed to the painter Michele Pace, who specialised in images of flowers and fruits, often depicting them against a landscape or stormy sky. The artist was active in the mid-seventeenth century and is sometimes known as 'Campidoglio' on account of an official post he held in the Roman piazza of that name. |
| Current Accession Number |
L.F123.1964.0.0 |
| Former Accession Number |
123 A 1964 |
| Subject |
landscape; still life |
| Measurements |
117.0 x 103.5 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Purchased from Gallery Lasson, London, 1964, as Roman or Neapolitan school, £1,050. |
| Provenance |
Acquired from an anonymous Danish Collection by Gallery Lasson, London, by 1964. |
| Publications |
City of Leicester Museums and Art Gallery 59th Report, 1964-65, ill opp. p. 24; Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain: An Index of Continental Old Master Paintings Executed before c.1800 in Public Collections in the United Kingdom, London, 1976, p. 30; La Natura Morta in Italia, Milan, 1989, p. 775, pl. 912. |
| Notes |
Both Benedict Nicolson and Hermann Voss attributed this painting to Campidoglio; Michael Levey rejected that attribution, preferring a more generic attribution to the Roman school. |
| Rights Owner |
Leicester City Museums Service |
| Author |
Dr Angela Smith |
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