Mid-17th-Century Neapolitan School, Still Life With Grapes, Peaches, Plums & Figs On A Silver Platter autumn a girl gathers sticks on

a girl gathers sticks on the shore of a broad waterway

1712Provenance: EnglandCondition: Some bleaching in areas

1910Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Very presentable

A pond reflects from beyond them

Hausleithner was an accomplished painter of religion

Mid-17th-Century Neapolitan School, Still Life With Grapes, Peaches, Plums & Figs On A Silver Platter autumn a girl gathers sticks onThis elaborate mid 17th century Neapolitan school still life depicts a pyramidal arrangement of fruit on a circular silver platter. Its somewhat reminiscent of works by Luca Forte (c. 1615 c. 1670). Emboldened by Baroque chirascuro, blushing peaches radiate amid a display of Naples finest. Perched atop a sprawl of decadent grapes, plums and figs reflect glints of carefully observed light. Theres the occasional wormhole perhaps a symbolic nod to the