Still Life of Fruit with a Parrot in a Garden
Michele Pace del Campidoglio (Rome c.1610 - Rome c.1670)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1670
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1483 x 1980 x 73 mm; 29.5 kg (Weight)
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 773435
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Still Life of Fruit with a Parrot in a Garden by Michele Pace del Campidoglio (Rome c.1610 - Rome c.1670). A red and blue parrot sitting at the base of a large classical urn/bath in a garden, with lion's mask, a broken capital beside it, and a gold dish, surounded by fruit. Pendant to the painting NT 773434. Both are in early 18th-century gadrooned giltwood frames. Such pictures were originally painted - mostly by Northern immigrants - for the galleries of grand Roman palazzi; but they were subsequently acquired by those making the Grand Tour, or bought at auction in London, for galleries such as this one at Osterley, that were partly inspried by Roman models.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913); on loan to Blickling until 1982; on loan to Hatchlands until 1984; on loan to Osterley Park since 1996
Credit line
Polesden Lacey, The McEwan Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Michele Pace del Campidoglio (Rome c.1610 - Rome c.1670) , publisher