Abraham Brueghel "Still life with flowers and fruit" SOLD

"Garden with flowers, terracotta vase with cherubs in relief, watermelon, pumpkin and pomegranate". Unpublished painting from the collection of an important Roman noble family, of great scenic impact, with the individual compositional elements skillfully presented in a garden. Of great chromatic rendering, in particular the bunches of different grapes (the pizzutello seems to emerge from the canvas), the watermelon split in two, the various colorful flowers, etc. Abraham Brueghel or "Neapolitan Brueghel" a painter of Flemish origin and descendant of a glorious line of painters, dedicated himself exclusively to the genre of the so-called "Still life" or rather "posed". He was active in the second half of the seventeenth century and carried out all his activity in Italy, between Rome (where he learned the lesson of Michelangelo Pace, which influenced the first part of his painting career), Naples and Messina. He moved to Naples in 1676 and the works created here influenced other contemporary painters, such as Giovan Battista Ruoppolo and Andrea Belvedere. The work presented here, executed around 1680, is in excellent condition, has been relined in the early 2000s and I had it cleaned to eliminate accumulations of smoke, dust and oxidized paints, dating back to the 1800s. The painting is inserted in a contemporary frame, probably redecorated with flowers in the 1800s. The work is accompanied by a technical sheet (expertise) that certifies its authenticity, by Prof. Nicola Spinosa. The work can be compared with the canvas "Flowers and fruit in the garden" from a private collection, which was exhibited in the exhibition "Return to the Baroque. From Caravaggio to Vanvitelli", exhibition and catalog curated by Nicola Spinosa. Canvas dimensions h 95 x 125 with frame 114 x 148