Still Life Of Flowers And Fruit - Attr. To Felice Boselli.

Important still life of flowers and fruit by the master Felice Boselli (Piacenza 1650 - Parma 1732).
Oil on oval canvas probably relined at the beginning of the 1900s and mounted on a beautiful gilded frame, first half of the 19th century. In excellent condition.

The painting in question actually shows peculiarities of Boselli's art, the composition is full of detailed light effects that are reproduced through dense and fast brush strokes, making the painting very material and with vibrant naturalistic effects.

He was a painter active above all in Parma and in his hometown, Piacenza, where he studied and entered the world of painting under the guidance of Michelangelo Nuvolone. It was in that workshop that he met Angelo Crivelli, (known as Crivellone), an animal specialist specialized in game, who significantly influenced his style together with the Cremonese school, the Bergamo school of Baschenis, Bettera, the Roman school of Michelangelo Cerquozzi, as well as the Flemish school. The other bases of his pictorial personality came from the study and observation of regional and local still lifes, from Parmigianino for the figurations, from Annibale Carracci's Macelleria for the recurring themes and scenes.

The dimensions of the painting are 97 x 74 cm. Including frame 122 x 97 cm.

The painting is accompanied by an old expertise written by Ferdinando Arisi; the greatest expert on this painter who wrote the book "Felice Boselli dipinto di natura morta" published by Ugo Bozzi editore in 1973.