Paolo Antonio Barbieri

The Spice Shop, 1637.

Paolo Antonio Barbieri (1603–1649) was an Italian painter who was the brother of Guercino. He was born at Cento, a village near Bologna. The subjects of his pictures are flowers, fruit, and game, but he particularly excelled in painting fish, which he represented with astonishing fidelity.

References

Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 81.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 71306085 LCCN: nr98026745 ISNI: 0000 0001 1950 969X GND: 1012217787 ULAN: 500016109 RKD: 4345

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