An Italian Collecting Journey - Chapter II

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Giuseppe Ruoppolo

Still life of pears, apples and figs, with cherries in a blue and white porcelain dish together with a bunch of flowers in a gilt bowl in a forest landscape

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Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Giuseppe Ruoppolo

Naples circa 1639–1710

Still life of pears, apples and figs, with cherries in a blue and white porcelain dish together with a bunch of flowers in a gilt bowl in a forest landscape

signed lower left: G.Ruoppoli

oil on canvas

unframed: 114.4 x 151 cm.; 45 x 59½ in.

framed: 154 x 183 cm.; 60⅝ x 72 in.

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Giovanni Battista Fardella (1762–1836), Trapani;

Anonymous sale, Florence, Pandolfini, 22 April 2013, lot 131;

Acquired subsequently by the present owner.

Note on Provenance

Giovanni Battista Fardella was a Sicilian nobleman, soldier, and patron of culture born in Trapani on 29 July 1762. A member of the aristocratic Fardella family, he pursued a distinguished military career in the service of the Bourbon monarchy, rising to the rank of general and serving as Minister of War and Navy in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Alongside his public career, Fardella was an important collector of books and paintings, assembling a notable library and picture collection. His commitment to learning and civic life led him to found the Biblioteca Fardelliana in Trapani in 1830, leaving a lasting cultural legacy to his native city.

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