Poppy Harvey-Jones
Head of Sale
Lot 79W
Painter of Carlo Torre, also known as Pseudo FardellaApples, pears, grapes and celery with a blue tit and a blue and white dish on a forrest floor; and A basket of plums (2)
3 December 2014, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£40,000 - £60,000
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Painter of Carlo Torre, also known as Pseudo Fardella
Apples, pears, grapes and celery with a blue tit and a blue and white dish on a forrest floor; and A basket of plums with pears, figs and other fruit on a forest floor
a pair, oil on canvas
95.2 x 125cm (37 1/2 x 49 3/16in). (2)
a pair, oil on canvas
95.2 x 125cm (37 1/2 x 49 3/16in). (2)
Footnotes
Provenance
Private Collection, Parma
Literature
G. Cirillo and G. Godi, Le Nature Morte del 'Pittore di Carlo Torre' (Pseudo Fardella) nella Lombardia del secondo Seicento, Rimini, 1996, p. 244, figs. 87, 88
The as yet anonymous artist known as the Pseudo Fardella was first identified by Luigi Salerno when he grouped a number of works similar in style to Giacomo Fardella di Calvello under the pseudonym. The core of the group are to be found in the Gallerie Statali, Florence. The hand is now also described as the 'Pittore di Carlo Torre' after a pair of still lifes painted for the Milanese writer Carlo Torre (circa 1620-1679) (ibid, pp.90-92). Works by the artist are identified by the starkly lit still lifes with strong colouring amongst the carefully grouped fruits.
