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Attributed to the Master of Romagna Ceramics (Maestro delle ceramiche romagnole, painter active in Emilia-Romagna in the mid-18th century) Kitchen interior with jars and mortar Canvas (Tears, holes and missing pieces; red wax stamp on back). Height 82.5 cm; Width: 120.5 cm A group of several ceramic still lifes has been assembled under the conventional name of "Maestro delle ceramiche romagnole". It comprises paintings previously attributed to Giovanni Domenico Valentino, Andrea Seghizzi, Rodolfo Lodi, Arcangelo Resani and Pseudo Resani. These artists are all, to some extent of Cristoforo Munari, depicting rustic kitchen interiors, accumulations of dishes accumulations of crockery, pottery and vases, juxtaposed side by side. This production from the Baroque still lifes of the rest of the Italian Peninsula at the same time, which abound in moving garlands of flowers and heaps of fruit. On the contrary, these canvases influenced by the "bodegones" of Spanish Caravaggism in the previous century, and are not unlike the work of Luis Meléndez. Our painting fits well into this context, and appears to be of higher pictorial quality than the works the Master of Romagna Ceramics, such as Still Life with Ceramics, branches and tomatoes and Interior with garlic rosary, carafe, branches, ceramics and plates, both formerly on sale at Semenzato in Venice (cf. op. infra, Bacchi, 2015, p. 143 and Giardini, 2020, p. 121). Here, the interplay of full and empty spaces, articulated by stone entablatures, the rendering of different textures (are unified and stylized by a range of browns and blacks, enhanced by white earthenware some white earthenware with bluish decoration. In places, the touch becomes unctuous, for example on the lid of the pot to the right of the mortar. General bibliography relating to this group of still lifes: - Edited by Daniele Benati and Lucia Peruzzi, La natura morta in Emilia e in Romagne: Pittori, centri de produzione produzione e collezionismo fra XVII e XVIII secolo. Milano, Skira editore, 2000. pp. 135-139. - Anna Colombi Ferretti, "La natura morta a Bologna e in Romagna", in Frederico Zeri, La natura morta in Italia, Milano, Electa, 1989, pp. 492-494. - Giulia Palloni, "Cucine e deschi tra Romagna e Marche nel XVIII secolo. Il Maestro delle ceramiche romagnole e i Ceccarini", in Bacchi Andrea, La natura morta di Federico Zeri, Bologna, Fondazione Federico Zeri, 2015, pp. 135-151. - Edited by Claudio Giardini, Pitture in quiete, Carlo Magini e la natura morta tra Marche e Romagna nel XVIII secolo. Ancona, Il lavoro editoriale, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Fano, 2020, p. 121.
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Attributed to the Master of Romagna Ceramics (Maestro delle ceramiche romagnole, painter active in Emilia-Romagna in the mid-18th century) Kitchen interior with jars and mortar Canvas (Tears, holes and missing pieces; red wax stamp on back). Height 82.5 cm; Width: 120.5 cm A group of several ceramic still lifes has been assembled under the conventional name of "Maestro delle ceramiche romagnole". It comprises paintings previously attributed to Giovanni Domenico Valentino, Andrea Seghizzi, Rodolfo Lodi, Arcangelo Resani and Pseudo Resani. These artists are all, to some extent of Cristoforo Munari, depicting rustic kitchen interiors, accumulations of dishes accumulations of crockery, pottery and vases, juxtaposed side by side. This production from the Baroque still lifes of the rest of the Italian Peninsula at the same time, which abound in moving garlands of flowers and heaps of fruit. On the contrary, these canvases influenced by the "bodegones" of Spanish Caravaggism in the previous century, and are not unlike the work of Luis Meléndez. Our painting fits well into this context, and appears to be of higher pictorial quality than the works the Master of Romagna Ceramics, such as Still Life with Ceramics, branches and tomatoes and Interior with garlic rosary, carafe, branches, ceramics and plates, both formerly on sale at Semenzato in Venice (cf. op. infra, Bacchi, 2015, p. 143 and Giardini, 2020, p. 121). Here, the interplay of full and empty spaces, articulated by stone entablatures, the rendering of different textures (are unified and stylized by a range of browns and blacks, enhanced by white earthenware some white earthenware with bluish decoration. In places, the touch becomes unctuous, for example on the lid of the pot to the right of the mortar. General bibliography relating to this group of still lifes: - Edited by Daniele Benati and Lucia Peruzzi, La natura morta in Emilia e in Romagne: Pittori, centri de produzione produzione e collezionismo fra XVII e XVIII secolo. Milano, Skira editore, 2000. pp. 135-139. - Anna Colombi Ferretti, "La natura morta a Bologna e in Romagna", in Frederico Zeri, La natura morta in Italia, Milano, Electa, 1989, pp. 492-494. - Giulia Palloni, "Cucine e deschi tra Romagna e Marche nel XVIII secolo. Il Maestro delle ceramiche romagnole e i Ceccarini", in Bacchi Andrea, La natura morta di Federico Zeri, Bologna, Fondazione Federico Zeri, 2015, pp. 135-151. - Edited by Claudio Giardini, Pitture in quiete, Carlo Magini e la natura morta tra Marche e Romagna nel XVIII secolo. Ancona, Il lavoro editoriale, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Fano, 2020, p. 121.
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