Lot 61: Paolo Porpora (Naples 1617-1670/80 Rome or Naples)

Roses, hollyhocks, lillies, convovulus and other flowers in a classical urn with fruit, a lizard and a snake
oil on canvas, unframed
73 3/4 x 48 1/8 in. (187.3 x 122.2 cm.)

We are grateful to Professor Nicola Spinosa for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs. He notes similarities between the present work and a pair of still lifes in a private collection, Turin (see exhibition catalogue, Civiltà del Seicento a Napoli, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, 24 October-14 April 1985, and elsewhere, p. 367, nos. 2.166 a,b).