Mushroom Art Registry:
Italian Baroque (ca. 1600-1750)

Anonymous, Italian. 17th century

— A —
Title: Flower vase on a stony surface with fungi and a parrot, outdoors (Vaso di fiori su un piano di pietra con funghi ed un pappagallo, en plein air)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Still life of mushrooms and celery
Mushroom description: Four or so Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Anonymous, Italian. 18th century

— A —
Title: A still life of mushrooms, grapes, gray partridge, a falcon and other birds
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea on left
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Still life of a watermelon, red and white grapes, figs, cherries, mushrooms, a melon, and a basket with vine-leaves
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: One bolete on the side with reddish stem
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: Still life of fruits and mushrooms
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: One mushroom, probably Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website
— D —
Title: Still life with mushrooms and watermelons
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Groups of Amanita caesarea and boletes in foreground
Reference: Gabrius website
— E —
Title: Still life with fruits and mushrooms
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of mushrooms, (probably) boletes in foreground
Reference: Gabrius website
— F —
Title: Still life with fruits and mushrooms
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website
— G —
Title: A bird seller; a mushroom and onion seller
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: On right, woman selling (probably) Amanita caesarea and onions
Reference: Gabrius website

Anonymous, Sicilian. 17th century

Title: Still life with fungi, cardoon and various fruits
Medium: Oil on canvas, 51 x 77 cm.
Location: Museo della Fondazione Mondralisca, Cefalú, Italy.
Mushroom description: Group of Agaricus
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989

Arbotori, Bartolomeo. Italian. Piacenza 1595-1630

— A —
Title: Still life with vegetables, fruits, fungi
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Private collection, Brescia, Italy
Mushroom description: Group of about six indistinct mushrooms, one gilled, one a bolete
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989
— B —
Title: Kitchen interior with turkeys and outstretched dog (Interno di cucina con pavoni e cane disteso)
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Location: Parma, Italy, collezione Pietro Sozzi
Reference: Cirillo, G. and Godi, G.. Le Nature Morte del “Pittore di Carlo Torre” Pseudo Fardella. Parma, Italy: PPS editrice. 1996
— C —
Title: Still life with vegetables, fruit, and mushrooms
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea?
Location: Unknown
Reference: Gabrius website
— D —
Title: Fungi, turnips, pomegranates and an owl perched on a basket of fish with crayfish
Mushroom description: Group of boletes on left background
Location: Unknown
Reference: Gabrius website

Ascione, Aniello. Italian. Worked in Naples, 1680-1708

Title: Still life with grapes and mushrooms (Natura morta con uva e funghi)
Mushroom description: Two Amanita caesarea
Location: Unknown
Reference: Gabrius website

Barbieri, Paolo Antonio. Italian. Cento 1603-Id. 1649

— A —
Title: Still life with basket of chestnuts
Medium: Oil on canvas, 66 x 79.5 cm.
Location: Art Institute, Chicago
Mushroom description: Two gilled mushrooms, one with separated stem. Possibly an Agaricus with whitish gills (before spore formation). Wasson, G. and V. Mushrooms, Russia, and History shows a plate of this work, attributing it to “School of Zurbaran. 17th -18th century. In the text, they are said to be: “psalliota arvensis (sic) (as we think them to be)…” In the plate legend, they are listed as “….mushrooms, sp. Tricholoma personatum (sic)”
Reference: Wasson, G and V. Mushrooms, Russia, and History. NY: Pantheon Books. 1957. Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989.
Web: Art Institute of Chicago
— B —
with Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called "Il Guercino”). 1591- 1666. (Brother of Paolo)
Title: The female greengrocer (L’ortolana)
Medium: Oil on canvas. The still life was done by Paolo, the female figure added in 1655 by Il Guercino after Paolo’s death
Location: G.M.B. collection, Vignola, Italy
Mushroom description: Group of probably Boletus edulis
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989
Web: Tesori Ritrovati

Baschenis, Evaristo. Italian. Bergamo 1617-Id. 1677

Title: Still life with chickens, branches, fungi, snails and vegetables
Medium: Oil on canvas, 97x140 cm.
Location: Private collection
Mushroom description: Group of about four Amanita caesarea
Web: Bortolo Belotti

Bazzi, Giovanni Antonio (called Il Sodoma). Italian. Vercelli 1477-Siena 1549

Title: Cristo al Linsba. Fresco
Location: Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy
Mushroom description: Two capped mushrooms on left, highly decayed

Bergamo School, Anonymous. 18th century

Title: A pastry with mushrooms, olives, peppers, an apple and other vegetables on a plate on a draped table
Location: Unknown
Medium: Unidentifiable white capped mushrooms
Reference: Gabrius website

Biggi, Felice Fortunato, (known also as Felice De' Fiori). Italian. 1680(?)-1750

Title: Putto with vase of flowers, watermelon, figs, fungi, rabbits, and birds in a landscape (Putto con vaso di fiori, anguria, fichi, funghi, conigli e uccelli in un paesaggio)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of probably Boletus edulis in foreground
Reference: Gabrius website

Bimbi, Bartolomeo. Italian. Settignano, Florence1648-Id. 1730

Title: A still life of grapes in a basket, other fruits and mushrooms, with an owl, a falcon, a magpie, a hedgehog and a turtle
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Blasio, Giovanni. Italian. 17th century

Title: Crockery and flower vase, ham, fish, lettuce, dry fruit and bread (Vasellame e vaso di fiori, pancetta, pesci, verdura, frutta secca e pane) 1661
Location: Unknown (Previously, Galleria Previtali, Bergamo, Italy)
Mushroom description: Group of probably Amanita caesarea in basket
Reference: Cirillo G and Godi G. Le Nature Morte del “Pittore di Carlo Torre” Pseudo Fardella. Parma, Italy: PPS editrice. 1996

Bonzi, Piero Paolo (called Il Gobbo dei Frutti). Italian. Cortone ca.1578-Rome 1636

Title: Figure in pantry
Medium: Oil on canvas, 260 x 295 cm.
Location: Palacio de los Aguila, Avila, Spain
Mushroom description: Group of Agaricus campestris?
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989

Boselli, Felice. Italian, Piacenza 1650-Parma 1732

— A —
Title: Still life of Caesar’s mushrooms
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of stylized Amanita caesarea Main theme
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: The mushroom seller
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Holding a flat basket of Amanita caesarea and, somewhat hidden, Boletus edulis
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: Fungi, fruit and dead songbirds on a bank with a basket of vegetables, a dove and a parrot, a landscape beyond; and dead birds, fruit and celery...
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website
— D —
Title: Still life (Natura morta)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Chanterelles, lactarii, others
Reference: Gabrius website
— E —
Title: Mushrooms and pigeons (Funghi e piggioni) ca. 1710
Medium: Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 58.5 cm.
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of six or seven Boletus edulis
Web: Musei di Palazzo Farnese
— F —
School of Boselli
Title: Still life of fish and mushrooms in a landscape setting
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Several upturned boletes
Note: Sotheby’s auction sale (#AM0877, lot #928)

Briglia, Giovanni Francesco. Italian 18th century

Title: Still life with fish, mushrooms and cherries with a cat
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Boletus edulis
Reference: Gabrius website

Caffi, Lodovico. Italian. 17th-18th century?

Title: Grapes, flowers, and fungi in a landscape (Uva, fiori e funghi in un paesaggio)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of about six Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Campi, Vincenzo. Italian. Cremona 1536-Cremona 1591

Title: A woman selling apples, plums, cherries, mushrooms, parsnips…
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Mushrooms indistinct
Reference: Gabrius website

“Caravaggiesque.” Anonymous follower of Master of Hartford. Italian. Active 1690's

Title: Still life with fruits and vegetables
Medium: Oil on canvas, 60 x 77 cm.
Location: Galleria Estense, Modena, Italy
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989.

Cassana, Giovanni Agostino (abbot). Italian. Ca. 1658-1720

Title: Still life with hens, birds, guinea pig, basket of fungi
Medium: Oil on canvas, 111 x 153 cm.
Location: Private collection
Mushroom description: Basket of Amanita caesarea?
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989.

Castelli Giovanni Paolo (called Spadino). Italian. 1696-1738

— A —
Title: A still life of fruit, mushrooms and dead fowl arranged around a brick ledge
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Boletus edulis in middle ground
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: A watermelon, mushrooms, grapes, squash and other fruit in a landscape
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Cattamara, Paolo (called Il Napolitano). Italian. Born before 1670

— A —
Title: Still life with fungi, butterflies and quail (Fiori, lumache e farfalle)
Medium: Oil on canvas. 93 x 74 cm.
Location: Musées des Beaux Artes, Strasbourg, France
Mushroom description: Two Amanita caesarea, one Lactarius, one bolete, two corals
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989.
— B —
Title: Still life with mushrooms (Stilleben mit Pilzen)
Medium: Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm.
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea (main theme)
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: Still life with mushrooms and butterflies with a landscape background (Nature morte aux champignons et papillons sur fond de paysage)
Medium: Oil, 44 x 32.5 cm.
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Agaricus
Reference: Gabrius website
— D —
Title: Mushrooms, snail, and small grass snake in an understory (Funghie lumaca, e piccola biscia in un sottobosco)
Medium: Oil 50 x 43 cm.
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea (main theme)
Reference: Gabrius website

Cerquozzi, Michelangelo (called Michelangelo delle Battaglie). Italian. Rome 1602-Id. 1679

— A —
Title: Still life with grapes and fungi (Natura morta con uva e funghi)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Fish, shellfish, and mushrooms (Poissons, crustaces et champignons)
Location: Le Mans , France. Musée de Tessé
Web: Joconde website
— C —
Title: Young Man with a Feathered Hat with Still Life
Location: Private collection
Mushroom description: Indistinct mushroom on lower right
Web: The Bridgeman Art Library

Ceruti, Giacomo (known as Pitocchietto). Italian. Milan 1698-1767

Title: Still life with mushrooms and birds
Mushroom description: Indistinct agarics
Reference: Gabrius website

Cicalese, Francesco Antonio. Italian. ?1639-1723

Still life with flowers, figs and fungi
Medium: Oil on canvas, round 64 cm.
Location: Private collection, Naples
Mushroom description: Perhaps five Amanita caesarea, at least one other
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989.

Cipper, Giacomo Francesco (called Il Todeschini, sic). Italian of Austrian origin, 1664-1736

— A —
Title: Still life with mushrooms, fish (probably salmon), snails, turnips and cardoon (an elongated celery-looking vegetable of the thistle family).
Location: Private collection, vicinity of Zurich, Switzerland
Mushroom description: Collection of about one dozen Amanita caesarea
— B —
Title: A boy with a basket of mushrooms
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Basket of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: Still live with fish, cantaloupe, basket of mushrooms
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Boletus edulis
Location: Private collection, vicinity of Zurich, Switzerland

Emilian School. Anonymous. 17th century

Title: Still life with mushrooms and vegetables (Natura morta con funghi ed ortaggi)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of mushrooms on right, perhaps Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Fardella di Calvello, Giacomo? Italian. 17th century

Title: Still life with fishmonger and boy who is crowning a girl with flowers (Natura morta con pescivendola e ragazzo che incorona di fiori una donna)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Several Amanita caesarea in left foreground
Reference: Cirillo G and Godi G. Le Nature Morte del “Pittore di Carlo Torre” Pseudo Fardella. Parma, Italy: PPS editrice. 1996.

Fardella, Giuseppe. Italian. 17th century

— A —
Title: Still life with a melon, pears, apples, mushrooms, plum, and cherries on a forest floor
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Single bolete on its side
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Porcini mushrooms, grapes, figs on a bank
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Boletus edulis and Amanita caesarea (main theme of picture)
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: Still life of grapes fruit and mushrooms on a stone ledge, in a landscape
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea and, perhaps, a chanterelle in foreground
Reference: Gabrius website
— D —
Title: Still life with flowers, fruit and mushrooms (Natura morta con fiori, frutta e funghi)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Boletus edulis on right, brown-capped boletes in center
Reference: Gabrius website
— E —
Title: Basket of cherries, apples, plums, chestnuts, asparagus and porcini on a ledge
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of (probably) Boletus edulis on right
Reference: Gabrius website

Forte, Luca. Italian. c. 1615; d before 1670

Title: A dead mallard and other birds with a bronze dish of fruit, a basket of apples, gourds and mushrooms on a rocky bank
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Single Paxillus involutus? in foreground
Reference: Gabrius website

Guardi, Francesco. Italian. Venice 1512- Id. 1593

Title: Mixed flowers in a blue and white glazed jug with mushrooms on a stone ledge
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Several Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Legi (or Liegi), Giacomo. Italian. Ca. 1570-c. 1631

Title: Still Life with Cabbages, Asparagus, a Basket of Chestnuts, Celery, Mushrooms...
Mushroom description:About one dozen mushrooms on top of a box, Boletus edulis and Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Lodi, Da Gilardo (or Da Lodo?). Italian (Lombardy). Active first decade of 18th century

Title: Vine hanging over a potted plant, a parrot and fungi, a rocky landscape beyond
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Small group of Amanita caesarea in foreground
Reference: Gabrius website

Master of the “Fico d’India.” Italian. Active in 1670’s

Title: Still life, Vegetable vendor
Medium: Oil on canvas, 98 x 72 cm.
Location: Private collection
Mushroom description: Group of chanterelles or lactarii?
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989.

Master of the Fritillaria. Italian. Second half, 17th century

Title: Still life with flowers, fruits and fungi
Medium: Oil on canvas, 98 x 72 cm.
Location: Oratorio di Santa Cita, Palermo, Italy
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989.

Master of Hartford. Italian, active 1690’s

Title: Still life with fungi, vegetables, flowers and snails
Medium: Oil on canvas, 60 x 77 cm.
Location: Private collection
Mushroom description: Group of boletes?
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989.

Master of Pipi. Italian. Active, 1st half, 17th century

Title: Painting of a peasant with baskets of game and a garland of fruit, vegetables, game, and various animals
Medium: Oil on canvas. Oval. 115.5 x 86 cm.
Location: Sold by Sotheby’s April 20, 1988, No. 15. London, England
Mushroom description: Group of Agaricus on bottom of painting

Master of the “Primo Pendant di Molinari Pradelli” (Giovanni Rossi?) Italian. 17th century

— A —
Title: Small bunch of flowers, pears and artichokes on a book, oranges, peas, small mushrooms and almonds (Mazzetto di fiori, pere e carciofi su di un libro, aranci, piselli, funghetti e mandorle)
Location: Rome, private collection
Mushroom description: Group of Tricholoma sp. (Bull. : Fr.) Quélet on right
Reference: Cirillo, G. and Godi, G. Le Nature Morte del “Pittore di Carlo Torre” Pseudo Fardella. Parma, Italy: PPS editrice. 1996.
— B —
Title: Tureen, small bunch of flowers and cherries on a book, apples, mushrooms and almonds (Terrina, mazzetto di fiori e ciliege supra un libro, mele, funghi e mandorle)
Location: Giuseppe Somaini, Milan, Italy
Mushroom description: Group of Tricholoma acerbum (Bull. : Fr.) Quélet on right
Reference: Cirillo, G. and Godi, G. Le Nature Morte del “Pittore di Carlo Torre” Pseudo Fardella. Parma, Italy: PPS editrice. 1996.

Master of the “Secondo Pendant of Molinari Pradelli”. Italian. 17th century

Title: Bunch of flowers, mushrooms, citrus fruits, plums, small apples, pomegranates, and mushrooms (Mazzo di fiori, funghi, agrumi, lumache, prugne, melette, melagrane e fichi)
Location: Sold by Finarte, Milan, Italy
Mushroom description: About a dozen boletes, (probably) Boletus edulis, in various stages
Reference: Cirillo, G. and Godi, G. Le Nature Morte del “Pittore di Carlo Torre” Pseudo Fardella. Parma, Italy: PPS editrice. 1996.

Munari Cristoforo. Italian. Reggio Emilia 1667-1720

Title: Still life of grapes, funghi, blue and white tea cups, and lemons in a landscape
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea interspersed with other objects.
Reference: Gabrius website

Nani Giacomo or Jacopo. Italian. 1701-1770

— A —
Title: Still life of mushrooms, a watermelon, apples and other fruit in a landscape
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Three chanterelles
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Floral spray in a stone vase in front of field- and garden fruits and mushrooms…
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Indistinct agarics
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: Still life with flowers, apples, mushrooms and vegetables in a park. As [b] but oval.
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Indistinct agarics
Reference: Gabrius website

Navarra, Piero. Italian. Active in 1690’s.

Title: Still life with cauliflower and pomegranate
Medium: Oil on canvas, 69.5 x 42 cm.
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: One Amanita caesarea?
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989.

Neapolitan School. Anonymous. 18th century

— A —
Title: A still life of a jug, a piece of melon in a white porcelain bowl, apiece of ham on a wooden board, limes, mushrooms, an onion, garlic and olives...
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of indistinct mushrooms, (probably) Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Still life of grapes and melons in a basket, plums in a smaller basket, pears, mushrooms, artichokes, a rabbit and dead game, all in a landscape
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Several Boletus edulis scattered in left foreground
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: Still life of grapes, peaches and mushrooms in a landscape
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of indistinct (probably) Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Neapolitan School. Anonymous. 17th century

— A —
Title: Still life of a basket of fruit, a watermelon, chestnuts, cherries, mushrooms and other objects on a ledge with a white dove
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Several Boletus edulis in a basket
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Still life of watermelon, apples and mushrooms
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Several chanterelles scattered about
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: Still life with crab, figs, chestnuts, fungi and basket of vegetables in a landscape
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea in right.
Reference: Gabrius website
— D —
Title: Still life with roses and mushrooms
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

North Italian School. Anonymous. 18th century.

— A —
Title: A bird seller; a mushroom and onion seller
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: On right, woman selling (probably) Amanita caesarea and onions
Reference: Gabrius website
— A —
A kitten, fish, mushrooms, cherries in a bowl, filberts and a wine jug on a ledge
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Several Amanita caesarea in background
Reference: Gabrius website
— A —
Title: Still life of fruit and mushrooms. Two panels
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: One gilled mushroom upside down in foreground
Reference: Gabrius website

Pace Michelangelo (called Michelangelo da Campidoglio). Italian. Rome 1610? - 1670?

Title: Peaches, grapes, melons, mushrooms and figs with morning glory and a pair of dead birds
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Single Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Perego, Giuseppe Maria. Italian, active end 17th -early 18th century

Title: Preparation for lunch in the country (Preparazione per la merenda in campagna)
Medium: Oil on canvas, 110 x 143 cm.
Location: Private collection
Mushroom description: About seven Boletus edulis on a bench. Pendant of preparation for lunch in the country with boy holding a plate of fish, crackers, fruit, salamis, cheese, etc.(No mushrooms in pendant.)
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989.

Petrazzi, Astolfo. Italian, Siena 1580-Id. 1653

Title: Still life with cook, game, fruit, and vegetables
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Private collection, Florence, Italy
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989
Web: Scala Archives

Pini, Giovanni. Italian, 17th century

Title: Youth with food, outdoors (Giovane con vivande all’aperto)
Location: Galleria Palatina, Florence
Mushroom description: Basket of Agaricus
Web: Scala Archives

Pittore di Rodolfo Lodi. Italian. Active end 17th century.

Title: Still life with fish, heron,fungi
Medium: Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 98 cm.
Location: Previously San Damaso di Modena, Italy
Mushroom description: Two Agaricus?
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989.

Porpora, Paolo (called Pavoluccio Napolitano). Italian, Naples 1617- Naples or Rome 1673

Note: A large number of a still lifes containing mushrooms have been attributed to Porpora. Please go to the complete listing in the registry under Porpora.
— A —
Title: Still life with fungi, snail, toads, snakes
Medium: Oil on canvas, 36 x 64 cm.
Location: Banco di Napoli. Naples, Italy
Mushroom description: Group of morels (Morchella esculenta var. crassipes) and half an agaric
Reference: Steensma, S. Otto Marseus van Schrieck Leben und Werk. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag. 1999. Wasson, G. and V. Mushrooms, Russia, and History. NY: Pantheon Books. 1957.
Web: Link
— B —
Title: Still life with owl and ibis. Vanity (Nature morte avec une chouette et un ibis)
Location: Paris, Louvre
Web: Joconde website
— C —
Title: Still life with snakes, fly agarics, and thistles
Medium: Oil on canvas, 35 x 48 cm.
Location:National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Mushroom description: A group of four Amanitas, possibly A. muscaria
— D —
Title: Forest understory (Sottobosco) with snake, green lizard, turtles and butterflies (Sottobosco con biscione, ramarro, tartaruga e farfalle)
Medium: Oil on canvas, 51 x 94.5 cm.
Location: National Museum and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Mushroom description: Group of mushrooms, including Agrocybe cylindracea and Russula sp.
Reference: Ebert-Schlifferen, S. , A still Life . A History. Abrams.

Pseudo Fardella, or Il Pittore di Carlo Torre. Italian. 17th century.

Note: A large number of a still lifes containing mushrooms have been attributed to the Unknown Italian painter called Pseudo Fardella or Pittore di Carlo Torre. Please go to the complete listing under Pseudo Fardella in the registry. Here we include a few samples of his work.
— A —
Title: Still life with fruits and vegetables
Medium: Oil on canvas, 38 x 55 cm.
Location: Piva & C, Art dealer, Milan, Italy
Mushroom description: Three Amanita caesarea
— B —
Title: Ceramics, melon, basket with grapes, plums, pomegranate, apple, hazelnuts, mushrooms, and pears (Ceramiche, melone, cesto con uva, prugne, pesche, melagrana, mela, nocciole, funghi e pere)
Medium: 73.5 x 97.5 cm.
Location: Previously, Milan, Finarte
Mushroom description: Group of six gilled mushrooms, brown rounded caps, non-annulate, bulbous base of stem, middle foreground
Reference: Cirillo G and Godi G. Le Nature Morte del “Pittore di Carlo Torre” Pseudo Fardella. Parma, Italy: PPS editrice, No. 71. 1996.
— C —
Title: Still life with basket with cherries, fungi, asparagus, artichokes and a bird
Medium: Oil on canvas, 85 x 103 cm.
Location: Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie
Mushroom description: A group of boletes
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989.

Questa, Francesco della. Italian. ?1639-1723

— A —
Title: Still life with vegetables and flowers (Natura morta con ortaggi e fiori)
Oil on canvas, 155 x 210 cm.
Collection of Stefanoni, Bergamo, Italy
Mushroom description: Two gilled mushrooms
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989.
— B —
Title: Cauliflower, lettuce, turnip, celery, mushrooms, peperoncini, peppers and other vegetables near a fountain in a landscape (Cavalfiore, lattuga, rape, sedani, funghi, peperoncipi, peperoni e altre verdure vicine ad una fontana in un paesaggio)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Mushrooms not readily visible
Reference: Gabrius website

Quinsa Giovanni. Italian. 17th century.

— A —
Title: Still life of cherries in a glass bowl, beans, apricots and mushrooms in a basket
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Half-dozen or so Boletus edulis
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Watermelons, grapes, mushrooms, figs, and a platter of fruit on a table ledge with songbirds suspended from string
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Two Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Realfonso, Tommaso (called Masillo). Italian. 1677 Naples – 1745 (?)

Title: Still life with bread, sausage, cheese and a bottle of wine
Location: Private collection
Mushroom description: Bread partly covered with white and greenish mold
Reference: Mund, G. and von Hohenzollern JP. (Catalog) Exhibition Stille Welt - Italienische Stillleben, Kunsthalle der Hypo Kulturstiftung. 2003.

Recco, Elena. Italian. 17th century?

— A —
Title: Heron, lobster, sea trout, black bream, piper, eels, gurnard, squid and other fish with fungi in a landscape
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Two Amanita caesareain left foreground
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Still life with fish, snails, mushrooms, ducks and a cat, on a shore (Natura morta di pesci, conchiglie, funghi, anatre e un gatto presso una riva)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: (probably) one Amanita caesarea and two indistinct capped mushrooms in left foreground
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: Marine still life with fish, shellfish, sea urchins, mushrooms, a turtle,, a basket, and a metal basin (Natura morta marina con pesci, crostacei, ricci, funghi, una tartaruga, una cesta ed un bacille di metallo)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Indistinct mushrooms on left and right foregrounds
Reference: Gabrius website
— D —
Title: Still life with mushrooms
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Amanita caesarea group as sole subject
Reference: Gabrius website

Recco, Giuseppe. Italian (Neapolitan). 1634 – 1695.

Title: Still life with fruits and flowers. Ca. 1670
Location: Unknown
Reference: Kunst des Barock. Cologne: Könemann, Publ. 1997.

Rizzi, Marco Antonio. Italian, 1648-1723

— A —
Title: Still life with pears, apples, grapes and fungi
Medium: Oil on canvas, 71 x 207 cm.
Location: Collection Muzio, Palazzo Ferrari, Ottone (Piacenza), Italy
Mushroom description: Four Agaricus
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989.
— B —
Title: Still life with watermelon apples, fish, grapes and fungi
Medium: Oil on canvas, 71 x 201 cm.
Location: Collection Muzio, Palazzo Ferrari, Ottone (Piacenza), Italy
Mushroom description: Four Agaricus, maybe campestris
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989
— C —
Title: Mushrooms, pears, apples, plums, watermelon, flowerpot with grapes and citrus fruit (Funghi, pere, mele, prugne, cocomeri, vaso con uva e agrumi)
Location: Lombardy, Italy, private collection
Mushroom description: In right foreground, group of six gilled mushrooms (probably Agrocybe cylindracea) with annuli, rounded bulb, stipe often split from the top, striate margins, cap colored (here in black and white). Left background with two to three similar mushrooms
Reference: Cirillo G and Godi G. Le Nature Morte del “Pittore di Carlo Torre” Pseudo Fardella. Parma, Italy: PPS editrice. 1996.
— D —
Title: Melon, mushrooms, quince, pears, black and white figs (Meloni, funghi, mele cotogne, pere, fichi neri e bianchi)
Location: Private collection
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea in center
Reference: Cirillo G and Godi G. Le Nature Morte del “Pittore di Carlo Torre” Pseudo Fardella. Parma, Italy: PPS editrice. 1996.
— E —
Title: Bower, mushrooms, grape shoots, plate of figs, melon, goldfinch (Pergolato, funghi, tralci di vite, pesche, piatto di fragole, fichi, melone e cardellino)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Two groups each of two mushrooms, undetermined if boletes or agarics
Reference: Cirillo G and Godi G. Le Nature Morte del “Pittore di Carlo Torre” Pseudo Fardella. Parma, Italy: PPS editrice.1996.

Roman. Anonymous. 17th century

Title: Fruit and vegetables
Location: Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Mushroom description: Plate of Amanita caesarea in background
Web: Repubblic Arts

Rubbiani Felice. Italian. 1677-1752

— A —
Title: Still life of fruit, mushrooms, and flowers in a vase
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Two Boletus edulis
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Still life of fruits, flowers and mushrooms
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of about eight Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Ruoppolo Giovanni Battista. Italian (Neapolitan). 1629-1693

— A —
Still life of grapes, pomegranates, mushrooms, a basket and game in a landscape
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Agaricus on left
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Still life with pomegranate, fungi, grapes, and figs
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of boletes, two Amanita caesarea “eggs” and whitish mushrooms, perhaps chanterelles
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: Still life with vegetables, fruits and mushrooms (labelled “Nature morta” in Gabrius)
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Two indistinct boletes in right background
Reference: Gabrius website
— D —
Title: Grapes, watermelon, pears and fungi
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Single bolete with red pore mouths? in foreground
Reference: Gabrius website
— E —
Title: Mushrooms, a cardoon, and various fruits
Location: Museo Mandralisca, Cefalu', Italia
Mushroom description: Group of Agaricus in middle
Web: Scala Archives
— F —
Title: Still life with fruits, jasmine flowers and mushrooms
Location: Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Mushroom description: Several unidentifiable pileated mushrooms
Reference: Mund, G. and von Hohenzollern JP. (Catalog) Exhibition Stille Welt - Italienische Stillleben, Kunsthalle der Hypo Kulturstiftung. 2003.

Salini, Tommaso (called Mao). Italian, Rome 1575-Id. ca. 1625

— A —
Title: Still life with fruit and game
Medium: Oil on canvas, 74 x 98.5 cm.
Location: Silvano Lodi Collection, Campione d’Italia, Italy
Mushroom description: One Agaricus, one Lactarius, two unidentified buttons
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989. Spike, JT. Italian Still life Paintings. 1983. NY: Old Masters Exhibition Soc.
— B —
Title: Still life of fruit in a straw basket with asparagus, artichokes, cardoons, lemons, mushrooms and a duck
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of dark-capped agaricus, (probably) Agaricus bisporus var. avellaneus
Reference: Gabrius website
— C —
Title: A man with a monkey, figs, mushrooms and peaches on a table
Mushroom description: Group of Boletus cf. pinophilus on table
Location: Unknown
Reference: Gabrius website

Scacciati, Andrea the Elder. Italian, 1642-1710

Title: No title or description, 1706
Medium: Oil
Mushroom description: Sclerotium of Polyporus tuberaster (Pietra funghaia)
Reference: Mattiroli, O. Orto Botanico."Giardino dei Semplici" dell'Università di Firenze. 1914. Schmidt, G. Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde. 1934.

Strozzi, Bernardo (called Cappucino Genovese). Italian. b. 1581, Genoa, d. 1644, Venice

— A —
Title: A man sampling fungi from a maid’s apron
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Indistinct boletes
Reference: Gabrius website
— B —
Title: Female figure by a large table with still life
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Galleria Pasti Bencini , Florence, Italy
Mushroom description: Several Boletus edulis
Reference: Mund G. and von Hohenzollern JP. Catalog of Exhibition Stille Welt - Italienische Stillleben. Kunsthalle der Hypo Kulturstiftung. 2003.

Tintore, Simone del. Italian, Lucca 1630-Id. 1708

— A —
Title: Still life with fungi and cabbage
Medium: Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 75 cm.
Location: Collezione Gregori, Florence, Italy. A variant is in Museo del Castello Sforzesco, Milan
Mushroom description: Group of boletes, (probably) B. edulis
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989.
— B —
Title: Still life with fungi and “wallflower”.(?) (“violacciocca”)
Medium: Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 42 cm.
Location: Galleries Pardo, Paris
Mushroom description: Group of boletes, (probably) B. edulis
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989.
— C —
Title: Still life of wild mushrooms on a forest floor
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Collection of agarics, boletes and corals
Reference: Gabrius website
— D —
Title: Still life with a cabbage, mushrooms, a cardoon, pomegranates, figs and other fruit on a ledge
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Mushrooms indistinct
Reference: Gabrius website
— E —
Title: Still life with basket of peaches, flowers, fish, various fruits, mushrooms
Location: Previously, Pandolfini, Italy auction house. June 1997
Mushroom description: Several Amanita caesarea in left foreground
— F —
Title: Fungi, grapes, watermelon, a crab and chickens, indoor
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website
— G —
Title: A swordfish, cauliflower, fennel, dead birds and fungi on a ledge
Indistinct group of boletes in foreground
Location: Unknown
Reference: Gabrius website

Tuscan School. Anonymous. 17th century

Title: Still life with fruits and vegetables (Alzate di frutta e vegetali)
Medium: Oil on canvas, 94 x 116 cm.
Location: Pitti Palace, Florence (deposited). inv. Poggie e Caiano, 1911, n. 99
Mushroom description: Vegetables and fruit spread out on a table with a single Amanita caesarea
Reference: Chierini, M. La Natura Morta a Palazzo e in Villa. Le collezioni dei Medici e dei Lorena. Sillabe, publ. 998.

Valentino, Gian Domenico. Italian. Recorded in Imola and Rome, 1661-1798

Title: Still life of fish, vegetables and mushrooms
Medium: Oil on canvas, 122 x 173 cm.
Location: Musée Fesch, Ajaccio, Corsica
Mushroom description: A couple of mushrooms (boletes?) in foreground.

Venetian School. Anonymous. 18th century

Title: Still life with parrot and basket of flowers, fruits, mushrooms
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Several (probably) Amanita caesarea
Reference: Gabrius website

Verrocchi, Agostino. Italian (Rome). Active first half, 17th century

Title: Still life with fruits on a marble slab
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Two upside down agarics in right foreground
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia, Electra Publ. 1989.

Vicenzina Giuseppe. Italian. 17th century?

Title: Still life of grapes, pomegranates, peaches, cherries, mushrooms and other fruit
Location: Unknown
Mushroom description: Group of boletes
Reference: Gabrius website

Zucchi, Francesco. Italian, 1695-1764

Title: Tela frugifera
Medium: Oil on canvas, 63.4 x 49 cm.
Location: Private collection, Milan, Italy
Mushroom description: Arcimboldo-like (q.v.) pastiche with agarics as ear and on shoulder
Reference: Nature Morte in Italia. Electra Publ. 1989.

Mushroom Art Registry: Italian Baroque (ca. 1600-1750)

Mushroom Art Registry:
Italian Baroque (ca. 1600-1750)