Paolo Porpora

Italian | 1617 - 1673

Paolo Porpora was an Italian Old Masters painter who was born in 1617. Paolo Porpora's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1,951 USD to 215,372 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 215,372 USD for Roses, hollyhocks, lillies, convovulus and other flowers in a classical urn with fruit, a lizard and a snake, sold at Christie's London in 2004. Paolo Porpora has been featured in articles for Arte Fuse, WHITEWALL and ArtDaily. The most recent article is Why Has Modern Art Become a Threat to Life and Limb? written for The Guardian in October 2018. The artist died in 1673.

Artist's alternative names: Pauluccio Porpora

Pair of works: Still-lifes with flowers

Oil on canvas

139.5 x 100 cm / 142 x 102.5 cm

STILL LIFE OF A FOREST FLOOR; STILL LIFE WITH A EUROPEAN QUAIL

a pair, both oil on canvas

24 x 35 cm.; 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.

Peonies, carnations, daisies, larkspur and other flowers in an ornamental urn on a stone ledge; and Chrysanthemums, peonies, asters, morning glory, and other flowers in an ornamental urn on a stone ledge

oil on canvas

38 x 28 3/8 in. (96.5 x 72.1 cm.) a pair (2)

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At Auction

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A forest floor with a porcupine, rabbit, ducks, tortoises and a snake

By Paolo Porpora

+170%

above mid-estimate

Christie's New York

Birds, hedgehogs, a tortoise, frogs and other creatures on the banks of a stream, a coastline beyond

By Paolo Porpora

Sotheby's London

Nature morte aux muricidae, rostellariidae, haliotidae et éponges

By Paolo Porpora

+41%

above mid-estimate

Christie's Paris

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Articles

Why Has Modern Art Become a Threat to Life and Limb?

The Guardian 06/10/2018

This week Cuban artist Tania Bruguera’s installation tackling the migration crisis opened at Tate Modern, in London. She pumps the huge Turbine Hall with a tear-inducing compound. Visitors also hear a low-frequency sound, creating an “unsettling energy”.

The Importance of Protecting Historic Art

Arte Fuse 28/09/2015

Throughout history, we’ve come across a breathtaking amount of impressive works of art that come in many different forms like paintings, sculptures and more.