SIMONE DEL TINTORE | A STILL LIFE WITH AN OWL, BUTTERFLY, WHITE LILIES, LETTUCE, POMEGRANATE, ONION, LEMON, APPLE AND OTHER FRUITS

Private collection, Italy.

Simone del Tintore was an Italian painter that trained at Pietro Paolini's Academy of Painting and Drawing of Lucca where he developed a Caravaggesque naturalism. He is best known for his still life paintings, such as the present example. The way the pomegranate is cut open, revealing the juicy, gem-like seeds on the inside with such accuracy and texture, is repeated in many of his compositions.