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FRANCESCO BOSSI | TROMPE L'OEIL STILL LIFE WITH A CAT, A CANDLESTICK, PEACHES AND OTHER VARIOUS OBJECTS; TROMPE L'OEIL STILL LIFE OF MELONS, A POMEGRANATE, A CHOCOLATE POT, AND VARIOUS OTHER OBJECTS

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February 5, 05:22 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Property from a North American Private Collection

FRANCESCO BOSSI

Este 1753 - 1824

TROMPE L'OEIL STILL LIFE WITH A CAT, A CANDLESTICK, PEACHES AND OTHER VARIOUS OBJECTS; TROMPE L'OEIL STILL LIFE OF MELONS, A POMEGRANATE, A CHOCOLATE POT, AND VARIOUS OTHER OBJECTS

the former signed lower left: FRANCO BOSSI DA ESTE DIP; the latter signed and dated upper right on the print: francesco Bossi da Este dipinse l'Anno 1800

a pair, both oil on canvas

each canvas: 21⅜ by 27⅛ in.; 54.3 by 68.9 cm.

each framed: 27 by 32¾ in.; 68.6 by 83.2 cm.

Unrecorded in period documents, Francesco Bossi was first isolated as an artistic personality by G. de Logu.(1) Bossi was a native of Este and appears to have been inspired by the detailed trompe l'oeil still lifes of Sebastiano Lazzari.

1. G. De Logu, "Francesco Bossi, tutto inedito," in Emporium, 1964, p. 205-210.