Nicola Maria Recco

Fish, lobster, and other crustaceans on a rocky ledge; Fish and squid on a rocky ledge

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January 27, 09:38 PM GMT

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30,000 - 50,000 USD

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Property from an Important Private Collection

Nicola Maria Recco

Naples active late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries

Fish, lobster, and other crustaceans on a rocky ledge;

Fish and squid on a rocky ledge

the former signed lower right: Nic / M Reccothe latter signed lower left: Nic M. / Recco P

a pair, both oil on canvas

the former canvas: 35 by 47¼ in.; 88.9 by 120.0 cm.

the former framed: 41½ by 54 in.; 105.4 by 137.2 cm.

the latter canvas: 34⅝ by 47¼ in.; 87.9 by 120.0 cm.

the latter framed: 41 by 54 in.; 104.1 by 137.2 cm.

(2)

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1995, lot 110;
Where acquired by the present collector.

A Neapolitan specialist in piscatorial still lives, Nicola Maria Recco was among the third generation of his family to work as a painter. With fish, crustaceans, and coral, these grand works display the bounty of the sea, an elemental feature of Neapolitan cuisine and commerce.