{"product_id":"antique-painting-still-life-with-fishes-and-snails-oil-on-canvas-600","title":"Antique Painting Still Life with Fishes and Snails Oil on Canvas '600","description":"Oil on canvas. Lombard school, late 17th-early 18th century. The painting, previously sold at the Wannenes auction in 2018, is attributed to Giovanni Blasio, an artist close in style to Felice Boselli but differing in his specific depiction of fish. Specific in-depth studies of this artist are underway, but it is known that he was active between Lombardy and Emilia in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The composition features three large fish resembling pike, one of which occupies the entire right edge of the canvas, hanging near a collection of plants on the ground or raised outside. In the left foreground is a bowl full of snails, with two crabs resting in front of it; in the center is a large basin full of pomegranates, with cucumbers and two bundles of lavender sprigs placed before it. In the background are two more pikes, one hanging, the other resting on a raised platform on which is displayed a large basket full of mushrooms, almost hidden by the shadows. The painting has been restored and relined in the past. It is presented in a late 19th-century gilded frame. In the background, on a raised platform on the left, is a","brand":"Di Mano in Mano Co Uk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56499856474491,"sku":"ARARPI0327582","price":3886.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/3880\/2555\/files\/ARARPI0327582_1_a2f6c263-81d2-433c-aa26-8a00cf2b19cf.jpg?v=1791584214","url":"https:\/\/www.dimanoinmano.co.uk\/products\/antique-painting-still-life-with-fishes-and-snails-oil-on-canvas-600","provider":"Di Mano in Mano Co Uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}