Ancient Table of the Italian School of the Xvii Century

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ANCIENT TABLE OF THE ITALIAN SCHOOL OF THE XVII CENTURY

FOR SALE ANTIQUE DEALER Period: 17° secolo -1600 Laboratorio la Mole Torino Style: Alta epoca +39011 19 467 664 393357352986 Diameter:44cm Material:Olio su tavola Price:0€

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Oil on panel, Diameter 44 cm The painting is in an excellent state of conservation, it depicts a scene of MARTIRIO with numerous perfectly represented figures. The subjects are painted in an elongated shape which is typical of the style of MICCO SPADARO. The work was studied by Prof. Ferdinando Arisi who attributed it to the hand of the master Micco Spadaro. The appraisal of Prof. Luigi Armondi, expert expert of the court confirms the attribution and accompanies the painting. Micco Spadaro, born Domenico Gargiulo (Naples, 1609/1612 - 1675), was an Italian painter of the Baroque style, active mainly in Naples, remembered as a landscape painter and above all for having documented the tumultuous events in Naples in the 17th century. The date of birth and death of Micco Spadaro is not known with certainty. Bernardo De Dominici, his first biographer, wrote that "he was born in the city of Naples in the year 1612 of Pietro Antonio, who practiced the art of sword-making in the street known as Visitapoveri" and that he died at the age of 67 (in 1679 ). However, in the parish archives of the time the art historian Giuseppe Ceci did not find documents confirming these dates. The nickname by which he is universally known is due to the profession of his father, who was a sword-forging craftsman. It began when he was taken over by Aniello Falcone, who he attended together with Andre di Leone and Salvator Rosa. He later collaborated with Viviano Codazzi and his early works were influenced by Paul Bril and Filippo Napoletano. Among his major clients was the Flemish collector Gaspare Roomer, to whom the painter owed his fortune. He also worked for the Certosa di San Martino, where he painted in the Choir of the Conversi and in the Quarto del prior. Spadaro's representations of the Masaniello insurrection and the plague of 1656 are also very famous. https://www.anticswiss.com/en/fine-art-antiques/ancient-table-of-the-italian-school-of-the-xvii-century-24832

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