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Circle of Octavianus Montfort (active 17th Century)
Lot 113

Circle of Octavianus Montfort (active 17th Century)

Still life with oranges, lemons, figs, mushrooms, roses and carnations in a brass dish, a parrot eating a cherry below; and Still life with pears, oranges, plums, mushrooms and carnations in a brass dish, a guinea pig holding flowers in his mouth below

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GBP 10,800

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Circle of Octavianus Montfort (active 17th Century)
Still life with oranges, lemons, figs, mushrooms, roses and carnations in a brass dish, a parrot eating a cherry below; and Still life with pears, oranges, plums, mushrooms and carnations in a brass dish, a guinea pig holding flowers in his mouth below
black chalk, bodycolour, on vellum
15¾ x 21¾ (400 x 552 mm.) each (a pair) (2)

Specialist note

Very little is known about Octavianus Montfort, to whom has been attributed a small group of vivid still lifes and devotional paintings on vellum. He is however known to have worked in Piedmont, and may well have been a student of Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1670) when she was working at the court of Christine of France, Duchess of Savoym from 1632 to 1637 (S. Meloni Trkulja and E. Fumagalli, Still Lifes: Giovanna Garzoni, Paris, 2000, p. 6).