Nicola Maria Recco (active Naples, first half of the 18th century)
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Nicola Maria Recco (active Naples, first half of the 18th century)

A seal, a turtle and fish on a shore

Details
Nicola Maria Recco (active Naples, first half of the 18th century)
A seal, a turtle and fish on a shore
oil on canvas
33 ½ x 50 ¼ in. (85.1 x 127.6 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 July 1973, lot 16, as 'Giuseppe Recco'.

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Professor Nicola Spinosa for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs. Nicola Maria Recco, son of Giuseppe, was born into a distinguished dynasty of still-life painters that spanned the whole of the 17th century.

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