Neapolitan School, 18th Century, "still Life With Flowers, Fruit, Chianese Vase And Tray"

Neapolitan School, 18th century, "Still Life with Flowers, Fruit, Juice, and Tray," oil on canvas. This work belongs to the same circle as painters such as Gasparo Lopez (c. 1650–1732) or Francesco Lavagna (1684–1724), who used the same repertoire. Dimensions: 61 x 73 cm.

Attributed to the Neapolitan school, and more specifically to the hand of Gaspare Lopez (Naples, 1650; Florence, 1740), a major figure in 18th-century Neapolitan still life painting, in the lineage of Andrea Belvedere and the Florentine French painters, Bernardo de Dominicis emphasizes the decisive influence of Jean-Baptiste Dubuisson on his career. Dubuisson, a skilled disseminator in Naples of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer's courtly style, encouraged him to adopt an ornamental pictorial style characterized by vibrant colors.
Reference bibliography: B. De Dominici, “Vite de pittori, scultori ed architetti napoletani, 1742-45” (facsimile reprint of 1979), Naples 1742-1745, pp. 576-577
L. Salerno, “Italian still life 1560-1805”, Rome 1984, pp. 249-251
R. Middione, “Gaspare Lopez”, in “Still Life in Italy”, edited by F. Porzio and F. Zeri, Milan 1989, I