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Nicola Maria Recco
Fish, lobster, and other crustaceans on a rocky ledge; Fish and squid on a rocky ledge
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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 Recco
the latter signed lower left: Nic M. / Recco P
a pair, both oil on canvas
the former canvas: 35 by 47 ¼ in.; 88.9 by 120.0 cm.
the former framed: 41 ½ by 54 in.; 105.4 by 137.2 cm.
the latter canvas: 34 ⅝ by 47 ¼ in.; 87.9 by 120.0 cm.
the latter framed: 41 by 54 in.; 104.1 by 137.2 cm.
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.
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