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A STILL LIFE OF TULIPS, ROSES AND OTHER FLOWERS IN A PORCELAIN VASE (a pair)
Auction: 12/05/2007
Lot: 61
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Bartolomeo Bimbi AUCTION RECORDS
1648 Settignano - 1725 Firenze. Known for: Still life paintings.
Baldinucci, the celebrated biographer of seicento painters (the 'Vasari of the seventeenth century'), was a great admirer of Bartolomeo Bimbi. Fifteen years younger than the painter, he wrote a... Read full biography
Baldinucci, the celebrated biographer of seicento painters (the 'Vasari of the seventeenth century'), was a great admirer of Bartolomeo Bimbi. Fifteen years younger than the painter, he wrote a detailed account of Bimbi's life and work only months before the artist's death. The account is replete... Read full biography
Baldinucci, the celebrated biographer of seicento painters (the 'Vasari of the seventeenth century'), was a great admirer of Bartolomeo Bimbi. Fifteen years younger than the painter, he wrote a detailed account of Bimbi's life and work only months before the artist's death. The account is replete both with colourful anecdotes and with valuable information regarding his creative activity. Such was Baldinucci's admiration for the painter that he was not afraid to compare him to Raphael or Titian,... Read full biography
Baldinucci, the celebrated biographer of seicento painters (the 'Vasari of the seventeenth century'), was a great admirer of Bartolomeo Bimbi. Fifteen years younger than the painter, he wrote a detailed account of Bimbi's life and work only months before the artist's death. The account is replete both with colourful anecdotes and with valuable information regarding his creative activity. Such was Baldinucci's admiration for the painter that he was not afraid to compare him to Raphael or Titian, stating his superiority in painting still lifes: 'Né Tiziano né Raffaello, né alcun pittore del mondo che avesse voluto fare frutte e fiori mai sarebbe arrivato a farli in quelle forme e così bene (Baldinucci, op. cit.). Bartolomeo Bimbi was born in... Read full biography
Baldinucci, the celebrated biographer of seicento painters (the 'Vasari of the seventeenth century'), was a great admirer of Bartolomeo Bimbi. Fifteen years younger than the painter, he wrote a detailed account of Bimbi's life and work only months before the artist's death. The account is replete both with colourful anecdotes and with valuable information regarding his creative activity. Such was Baldinucci's admiration for the painter that he was not afraid to compare him to Raphael or Titian, stating his superiority in painting still lifes: 'Né Tiziano né Raffaello, né alcun pittore del mondo che avesse voluto fare frutte e fiori mai sarebbe arrivato a farli in quelle forme e così bene (Baldinucci, op. cit.). Bartolomeo Bimbi was born in Settignano, and was sent to Florence to study painting with Lorenzo Lippi... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeExotic birds from the aviaries of Grand Duke Cosimo III of Tuscany: ducks, an owl, a falcon, and two parrots in a vast landscape
Bartolomeo Bimbi Auction: 04/21/2010Lot: 20Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAlbicocche, baccelli di fave, e un vassoio di ciliegie su un tavolo
Bartolomeo Bimbi Auction: 05/22/2012Lot: 233Subscribe or get free alerts
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