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

Large Citron in a Landscape

1690s
Oil on canvas, 60 x 66 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Traditionally citrus fruits have always been well represented in Tuscan paintings of natural phenomenon, both in complex compositions illustrating the various varieties and individually as this large citron lemon, displayed on a stone surface, still on a leafy branch.