Lot 7: Companions Pieces: Still Lifes with Birds and Fruits

Giovanni Paolo Castelli called Spadino Rom 1659 - Rom 1730 or circle of, Companions Pieces: Still Lifes with Birds and Fruits, Oil/canvas, 96 x 76 cm, min. rest. relined., Italian still life painter. C. was thaught by his elder brother Bartolomeo whose workshop a. clients G. took over after his brothers death in 1715. C. had Flemish godfathers by whom he probably came to know Flemish still life painting; some of his works are very close to Abraham Brueghel.