The Pot Sellers, magnificent large still life attributed to Giovanni Battista Recco, 17th century Italian school Attached is a report from Art History Doctor Nicola Spinosa. Oil on canvas, measurements: 173 x 117 cm, framed measurements: 195 x 140 cm. A very similar example titled Kitchen Interior preserved in the Museo Regionale del Palazzo Abatellis and with two kitchen interiors belonging to private Neapolitan collections. They are all paintings in which the wrought copper pots appear identical in terms of pictorial representation. The unpublished painting presents the initials DI on the spoon resting on the plates, in allusion to its alleged author Giovan Battista Recco, but according to Spinosa, but it is more likely that it is the name of the client who commissioned the painting, and that it was painted around 1630-1635. The canvas presents, on a stone table, an excellent set of several forged copper pots, a typical product of Neapolitan craftsmanship. In the report Spinosa also points to the hand of Guiseppe de Guido, known for his floral compositions and his strong Caravaggio naturalism and the influence of José de Ribera. Reference bibliography: Michal Litwinowicz in The Golden Age of Painting in Naples, p. 151; Nicola Spinosa, National Museum of Capodimonte, Electa Napoli, 1996, 303 p. (ISBN 88-435-5600-2), p. 139. Provenance: Spanish private collection.