Antonio Mezzadri
Still lifes of flowers
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May 20, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Antonio Mezzadri
Documented in Bologna during the second half of the 17th Century
Still lifes of flowers
signed lower left on one of the still lifes in a bowl: ...IMO/ MEZARI
a set of four, all oil on canvas, laid down on board, ovals
each canvas: 57 by 43 in.; 144.8 by 109.2 cm.
each framed: 64 ¼ by 51 in.; 163.2 by 129.5 cm.
Antonio Mezzadri was a specialist in still life painting active in Bologna in the final decades of the 17th Century. In the Aggiunte alla Bologna perlustrata (1688), the antiquarian Antonio Masini notes that Mezzadri “dipinse frutti, e Fiori benissimo, che sparsi per molte Case della Città sono molto ammirati [paints fruit and flowers extremely well, which are spread throughout many of the households of the city and are much admired]. Indeed, groups of flower pictures by “mezadro” are noted in a number of Bolognese inventories, which attest to his popularity (see R. Morselli, Collezionisti e quadrerie nella Bologna del Seicento Inventari 1640-1707, 1998).
We are grateful to Daniele Benati who confirms the attribution based on photographs.
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