Paolo Porpora

Still life with shells

Paolo Porpora (Italian), oil on canvas

Fondation Custodia, France

Forest Floor with a Crab, Butterflies, Toads, Shells and Tortoises, 1650.

Sottobosco con granchio, farfalle, rospi, conchiglie e… (museum title)

Paolo Porpora (Italian), oil on canvas

Gallerie d'Italia (Naples), Italy

Still life with a snake, frogs, tortoise and a lizard, 17th century.

Paolo Porpora (Italian), oil on canvas

National Museum Cardiff (Amgueddfa Cymru), United Kingdom

Forest Floor with Mushrooms, Frogs, Lizards and Snakes, 1652.

Sottobosco con funghi, rane, lucertole e serpenti (museum title)

Paolo Porpora (Italian), oil on canvas

Gallerie d'Italia (Naples), Italy

Works by Paolo Porpora (1617-1673), in the public domain: forest floors teeming with tortoises, snakes, toads and butterflies, still lifes of wild roses, shells and mushrooms, each linked to its record at the museum that holds it. The photographs come from Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain or under a free licence with the photographer's name, or from the museum itself. Only works that the museum attributes to Porpora himself are included, without 'attributed to', 'workshop of' or 'circle of'.