Lot 184: Giovanni Agostino Cassana , Venice? circa 1658 - 1720 Genoa A farmyard scene with a still life of a rabbit, guinea pigs, apple-peel and a butterfly on a plate, together with a terracotta jug and bowl oil on canvas

oil on canvas

measurements note 65.5 by 117 cm.; 25 3/4 by 46 in.

G. & U. Bocchi, Naturaliter, Casalmaggiore 1998, p. 463, reproduced in colour on p. 462, fig. 590;
F. Paliaga, in M. Gregori ed., Natura morta italiana tra Cinquecento e Settecento, exhibition catalogue, Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 6 December 2002 - 23 February 2003, p. 398;
F. Paliaga, in M. Gregori ed., Natura morta italiana da Caravaggio al Settecento, exhibition catalogue, Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi, 26 June - 12 October 2003, p. 402.

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A reduced replica of this composition was published by M. Chiarini, in Natura viva in casa Medici, exhibition catalogue, New York & Miami 1986, fig. 38.