
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Rome (by 1977);
Italian Private Collection
Literature:
A. Mottola Molfino, L'Arte della Porcellana in Italia (1977), pls. XXXI and XXXII
Giacomo Nani (Porto Ercole, 1698 – Napoli, 1755) is best-known for his still-life depictions of local game and fish, as well as floral still-lifes on canvas. He also worked at the Capodimonte porcelain factory as a decorator. A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986) illustrates another depiction of local sea urchin and scallops on a teacup and saucer (plate XX), which she attributes firmly to Nani. The depiction of sea urchins (ricci) and capesante or scallops is a occurs frequently in Neapolitan painting of the early 18th century but, as Caròla-Perrotti notes, the combination with meat and fruit does not; she therefore argues that these pieces must represent the work of Nani at Capodimonte (p.113).