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| Grape Vines and Fruit, with Three Wagtails |
Artist:Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (Italian, Viterbo 1587–1625 Rome)
Date:ca. 1615–18
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:40 × 61 3/4 in. (101.6 × 156.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Claire and Giovanni Sarti, in honor of Keith Christiansen, 2016
More than a still life, the picture is a record of a variety of grapes and other fruits and reflects a moment when art and the natural sciences intersect. Cavarozzi spent time in the academy established by the noble-born Giovanni Battista Crescenzi for the purpose of studying nature. The still-life details of his painting are astonishingly rendered and were important for the history of still-life painting in both Italy and Spain, where he accompanied Crescenzi in 1617–19. The birds have been identified as pied wagtails, common to yards, gardens, and stone walls.
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