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ROMAN FOLLOWER OF FRANZ WERNER VON TAMM, CALLED DAPPER
A peacock and a peahen with fruits and flowers in a park
oil on canvas
58 x 8634 in. (147.3 x 220.4 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 November 1973, lot 19, as Giuseppe Ruoppolo.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1979, lot 311, as S. dell Tintore.
[The Property of a European Collector]; Christie's, London, 17 December 1999, lot 15, as Franz Werner von Tamm, where acquired by the uncle of the present owner.
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When this painting first appeared on the market in the early 1970s it carried an attribution to the Neapolitan still-life painter, Giuseppe Ruoppolo, whose work is recognized by its use of dramatic Caravaggistic light and naturalistic effects. The painting subsequently bore attributions to Simone dell Tintore, a Lucchese painter who was also influenced by the dynamic light of Caravaggio, and, more recently, Franz Werner von Tamm, a German member of the Bentvueghels best known for his flower and game still lifes. Ludovica Trezzani has more recently suggested the work is by an as-yet unidentified close Italian follower of von Tamm (private communication, 7 July 2022).

We are grateful to Ludovica Trezzani for proposing the attribution on the basis of photographs.

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