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59 - Felice Boselli (painting by) - Pair of paintings of Still li…
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,500
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Felice Boselli (painting by) - Pair of paintings of Still life with game and Still life with fish and shellfish oil on canvas 87 x 118 cm The two paintings present a nocturnal scene with a strong naturalistic imprint, built on a tight composition in which kitchen or larder animals, large fish, crustaceans and other fish elements are juxtaposed with clear descriptive intent but also with an almost dramatic tension.The setting reveals an interest in the real and tactile datum typical of still life painting in the Lombardy-Emilia area between the 17th and 18th century, but it is conducted with a certain freedom of execution: the forms are not finished in an analytical manner but suggested through soft, melted brushstrokes that favour overall effect over minute detail. The setting is deliberately indefinite, almost theatrical, and helps to isolate the objects in the foreground, accentuating their physical presence. Overall, one perceives a sensibility akin to Boselli's ambit, especially in the rendering of surfaces and in the taste for depicting dead animals in dynamic and slightly disordered compositions, far from the more academic rigidity. Within 19th-century frames.
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About the sale Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings and Drawings
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Auction time 06/12/2026 at 2:00 PM
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