Lot 87: Bartolomeo Castelli the Younger, called Lo Spadino (Rome 1696-1738) Peaches with grapes and cherries on a stone ledge

Peaches with grapes and cherries on a stone ledge
oil on canvas
46.7 x 38.4cm (18 3/8 x 15 1/8in).

PROVENANCE:
Acquired by the present owner's father approximately 50 years ago and thence by descent

When Bartolomeo Castelli the Elder died in 1687, his younger brother, Giovanni Paolo (also called Spadino), inherited his unfinished canvases and his clientele. Apart from a small number of signed pictures and those listed in the inventories of Roman princely collections, it has long been difficult to distinguish between the works of these two brothers and those of the younger Bartolomeo, a son of Giovanni Paolo.