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Still life with a snake, frogs, tortoise and a lizard

PORPORA, Paolo (1617-1673)

Born and trained in Naples, Porpora spent the years 1656-58 in Rome where he encountered the work of Dutch flower painters. The founder of the Neopolitan school of still life painting, he was nicknamed 'Paolo dei Fiori' (of the flowers). This combination combines a passionate interest in natural history with a sense of the macabre peculiar to South Italian art.

Still life with a snake, frogs, tortoise and a lizard
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 103

Creation/Production

PORPORA, Paolo
Date: 17th century

Acquisition

Purchase, 1979

Measurements

Height (cm): 52.3
Width (cm): 95.2
h(cm) frame:75.9
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:119.3
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:8.8
d(cm)

Techniques

canvas

Material

oil

Location

Gallery 03

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Paentiad | Painting Celf Gain | Fine Art Bywyd llonydd | Still Life Anifail | Animal Hen Feistr | Old Master
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