Lot Essay
The floral still-life elements may be the result of a collaboration with Gasparo Lopez (Naples 1650-1732 Florence).
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An eagle attacking ducks in a pond with putti escaping in an Italianate garden; and A hunting still life with a deer, a rabbit, ducks and other game in a river landscape with hunters resting with their dogs
Details
Baldassare de Caro (1689-1750 Naples)
An eagle attacking ducks in a pond with putti escaping in an Italianate garden; and A hunting still life with a deer, a rabbit, ducks and other game in a river landscape with hunters resting with their dogs
the second signed 'BCaro' ('BC' linked, lower right)
oil on canvas
8½ x 20 1/8 in. (21.6 x 51.1 cm.)
a pair (2)
An eagle attacking ducks in a pond with putti escaping in an Italianate garden; and A hunting still life with a deer, a rabbit, ducks and other game in a river landscape with hunters resting with their dogs
the second signed 'BCaro' ('BC' linked, lower right)
oil on canvas
8½ x 20 1/8 in. (21.6 x 51.1 cm.)
a pair (2)
Provenance
King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810-1859), his seal on the label with inventory no. and date '18. /Caccia morta. ,61. d. .. mago 1837' (on the stretcher of the second picture)
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