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Alessandro of Scorzoni, attr, Küchenstillleben Anrichte mit op opulently filled fruit basket, next to a shot jay, partridge and pheasant, slightly impasto painting with broad brushstrokes in finely tuned colours, oil on canvas in two colours, inscribed and dated lower left "A. v. Scorzoni [19]08", framing label Munich on the reverse, minor craquelure, old backing to the canvas, somewhat in need of restoration, framed (def.), rebate dimensions approx. 78 x 73 cm. Artist info: also called Sandro Scorzoni, Italian painter, restorer, fresco painter, decorative painter, applied artist and illustrator (1858 Calcara di Crespellano to 1933 Bologna), studied 1872-79 at the Bologna Academy under Antonio Puccinelli and Salvatore Muzzi, painted villas in Cento and Modena, 1884 honoured with the Bevilacqua Prize, 1895-1906 he participated in the exhibitions of the artists' association "Francesco Francia" Bologna, 1898 appointed honorary academician and 1905 honorary member of the Bologna Academy, member of the Lyra Academy Bologna and the Bologna Artists' Circle, active in Bologna, source: Saur "Bio-Bibliographisches Künstlerlexikon", Comanducci, Wikipedia and website of the city of Bologna.

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Alessandro of Scorzoni, attr, Küchenstillleben

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