Still Life with Carp
possibly Felice Boselli (Piacenza 1650 - Piacenza 1732)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1654 - 1695
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
623 x 902 mm (24 1/2 x 35 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298289
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Still Life with Carp by Felice Boselli (Piacenza 1650 - Piacenza 1732) or Giuseppe Recco (Naples 1634 – Alicante 1695). Two carp lie on a bank beside cabbages and toadstools; various crayfish, etc., are crawling over them (the painting has been disfigured at some stage by the indiscriminate addition of small blue flowers).
Provenance
Bought by Earl Egerton in Florence, 1887;bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958) to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Makers and roles
possibly Felice Boselli (Piacenza 1650 - Piacenza 1732) , artist possibly Giuseppe Recco (Naples 1634 – Alicante 1695), artist