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SIMONE DEL TINTORE | A STILL LIFE WITH AN OWL, BUTTERFLY, WHITE LILIES, LETTUCE, POMEGRANATE, ONION, LEMON, APPLE AND OTHER FRUITS

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SIMONE DEL TINTORE

Lucca 1630 - 1708

A STILL LIFE WITH AN OWL, BUTTERFLY, WHITE LILIES, LETTUCE, POMEGRANATE, ONION, LEMON, APPLE AND OTHER FRUITS


oil on canvas

canvas: 27¾ by 51 in.; 70.5 by 129.5 cm.

framed: 35 by 59 in.; 88.9 by 149.9 cm.

Private collection, Italy.

Simone del Tintore was an Italian painter that trained at Pietro Paolini's Academy of Painting and Drawing of Lucca where he developed a Caravaggesque naturalism. He is best known for his still life paintings, such as the present example. The way the pomegranate is cut open, revealing the juicy, gem-like seeds on the inside with such accuracy and texture, is repeated in many of his compositions.