Attributed to Octavianus Montfort (active in Turin 1646-1696)

Still life with a fish, lobster and fruit in a serving dish

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Attributed to Octavianus Montfort (active in Turin 1646-1696)
Still life with a fish, lobster and fruit in a serving dish
watercolour and touches of bodycolour on vellum
14 1/8 x 19 3/8 in. (35.8 x 49.2 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The composition is characteristic of Montfort, and the patterned blue-and-white dish, with subtly varying designs, appears in a number of his still lives (for example, P. Chiapatti and M. Rosci, Octavianus Montfort, Turin, 1985, pls. 26-28).

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