Basin full of fruit in a landscape with birds Rome, 16th century

Basin full of fruit in a landscape with birds
Rome, 16th century
Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 98 cm
In frame 94 x 119

The painting, very unusual in its composition, depicts a sumptuous figurative cup, full of autumn fruits: pomegranates, apples, pears, grapes with their leaves, resting on a base, to which a very refined floral garland is fixed with a red string. .

The triumph of fruits and flowers is placed in the center of a landscape, between architecture and rocks, in the background of which it is possible to see a lake and, among the trees, a turreted building overlooked by birds.

In the foreground, some birds, splendidly represented, surround the cup admiring the juicy fruits.
Distinguishable are: a pheasant, a parrot, a woodpecker and two small birds resting on the ground.

Truly interesting for the pictorial quality and the singular composition of the elements represented, this "living nature" with an "archaic" impact and great aesthetic modernity can absolutely find a place both in a modern furnishing concept and in a refined collection of ancient paintings.