Still Life of Fruit in a Garden
Michele Pace del Campidoglio (Rome c.1610 - Rome c.1670)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1496 x 1980 x 75 mm; 25 kg (Weight)
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 773434
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Still Life of Fruit in a Garden by Michele Pace del Campidoglio (Rome c.1610 - Rome c.1670). A profusion of fruit placed on the ground at the base of a large classical urn on a plinth, in a garden, to the left of which can be seen other classical motifs and a garden pavilion. An urn, with buddleia, in the centre, and melon, figs, peaches, grapes, piled beneath, avilla and terrcae, left. Pendant to the painting NT 773435. 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 since 1996
Credit line
Polesden Lacey, The McEwan Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Michele Pace del Campidoglio (Rome c.1610 - Rome c.1670) , artist previously catalogued as attributed to Jakob Bogdany (c.1660 - 1724), artist