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| Title | Fruit in a Landscape | |
| Alternative Title | Fruit Piece with Watermelon | |
| Collection | Holburne Museum of Art, Bath | |
| Artist | Attributed to Bonzi, Pietro Paolo (Italian painter and printmaker, ca. 1576-1636) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1600 | |
| Date Latest | about 1650 | |
| Description | This still life of fruit, flowers and plate in a garden is so worn and dirty that it is very hard to make an attribution. The central focus of this group is a half watermelon in a silver or pewter dish, surrounded by parrot tulips and viburnum. Silver and gold vessels are also depicted with grapes, peaches, plums, an orange and apricots. | |
| Current Accession Number | A239 | |
| Subject | still life | |
| Measurements | 54.6 x 74.4 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Miss Mary Anne Barbara Holburne 1882. | |
| Provenance | Sir Thomas William Holburne, by 1867-74; by descent to Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882), 1874. | |
| Publications | 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. 20. | |
| Notes | Labels: Thomas William Holburne on back at top: 'Pietro Paolo Bonzi / better known as / Il Gobbo dei Frutti'. Previous attributions: Catalogue of the Pictures and Library, Engravings, Etchings and Miniatures, Belonging to Sir Thomas William Holburne, Bart., Bath, 1867, cat. no. 239: 'Paolo Bonzzi' - study; Catalogue of the Holburne of Menstrie Art Museum by W.Chaffers, London, 1887, cat. no. 1422: 'Paolo Bonzi'; F. Möckler, Holburne of Menstrie Art Museum, Bath, 1902, cat. no. 64: 'Paolo Bonzi'; hand written register of paintings, watercolours and miniatures, giving inventory numbers with ‘A' prefix still in use, by G. Holden, Curator 1917-1926, compiled shortly after move to Sydney Hotel, cat. no. 239: 'Pietro Paolo Bonzi'; Courtauld list, 1971, cat. no. 45: Bonzi. |
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| Rights Owner | © The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath | |
| Author | Amina Wright | |