BIMBI, Bartolomeo
(b. 1648, Settignano, d. 1730, Firenze)

The Pumpkin

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Oil on canvas
Museo Botanico, Florence

Bimbi was a specialist in depicting natural curiosities such as this giant pumpkin placed in a landscape. According to the inscription at the bottom it was grown in Pisa in 1711, and it weighed 160 pounds (c. 53 kg).




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