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Antonio GIANLISI the Elder (Ponte dell'Olio, 1655 – Crema, 1…
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Antonio GIANLISI the Elder (Ponte dell'Olio, 1655 – Crema, 1…
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Antonio GIANLISI the Elder (Ponte dell'Olio, 1655 – Crema, 1713) and Antonio GIANLISI the Younger (Rizzolo, 1677 –
Cremona, 1727), “Lively interior scene at a laid table”. Oil on canvas, 100 cm x 132 cm. CNES expert: Nicolas JOYEUX.
Known from the biography of the Hieronymite monk Desiderio Arisi (Gianluca and Ulisse
Bocchi, 2015), Antonio Gianlisi the Elder, ‘a painter of fruit, particularly excellent at depicting grapes’
(Desiderio Arisi, *Accademia dei pittori, scultori e architetti cremonesi, altramente detta Galleria di
uomini illustri*, ms., 1723, folios 22–23) and his son, Antonio Gianlisi the Younger, were painters from Romagna
from Piacenza, whose names had gradually been forgotten until the research of Giorgio Fiori and Gianluca
and Ulisse Bocchi (2014 and 2015). At the end of the 17th century, the two men worked together in
Crema, near Cremona in Lombardy. Influenced by Ludovico Cafi, the father taught his son the art of
still-life painting; the son also absorbed the teachings of the Maestro di Palazzo Araldi
before making numerous trips to Bergamo, Lucerna, Brescia, Venice, Treviso, Padua, Vicenza,
and Verona.
The presence of the goldfinch is a signature detail of the father’s, Antonio Gianlisi
Senior, which is also found in the son’s work, notably the *Trophy of Grapes*
(Gianluca and Ulisse Bocchi, 2014, p. 31, fig. 25), from the collection of the Marquises Zaccaria di Bordolano,
or in four of the six canvases painted for an aristocratic residence in Crema – still in
situ – published by Gianluca and Ulisse Bocchi (2009, pp. 233 and 234–235, figs. 7–11). The bouquet
resting on the table – surely painted by the father – the rendering of the fabrics, the treatment of the curtains with their
highly recognisable tassels, the small chest and the sumptuous perspective opening onto a
landscape are all clues confirming the hand of Antonio Gianlisi Junior; these features are also found in the Still Life
that went up for auction at Nagel in Stuttgart (Fine Arts & Antiques, 12 November 2025, lot no. 2318,
estimated at €15,000 – €20,000, unsold), as well as the two signed Still Lifes, which were
auction at Hampel in Munich (Gemälde Alte Meister, 28 March 2019, lot no. 1065, estimated at €25,000
– €30,000, unsold; re-offered for sale again at Hampel in Munich on 27 June 2019
(Gemälde Alter Meister Teil I, lot no. 709, estimated at €18,000–€22,000, unsold). The date of
1705 for these last two paintings, very close to that of our Still Life, allows us to date the latter
between approximately 1700 and 1710.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gianluca and Ulisse Bocchi, ‘L’arte pittorica di Antonio Gianlisi senior detto il Cardellino’, *Strenna
piacentina*, 2014, pp. 26–36.
Gianluca and Ulisse Bocchi, ‘La biografia di Antonio Gianlisi Junior scritta da Desiderio Arisi’, *Strenna
piacentina*, 2015, pp. 29–40.
Gianluca and Ulisse Bocchi, ‘Una nuova e definitiva prova per il riconoscimento di Antonio Gianlisi
Senior, known as ‘Il Cardellino’”, *Reflections on Still Life Painting in Crema between the 17th and 18th Centuries*, in Licia
Carubelli, *Giacomo Desti: An Eclectic Painter in 18th-Century Crema*, 2009, pp. 225–256.
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Lot description modified on 09/21/2026 at 6:06 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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