Still Life, Venetian School, 17th Century SOLD

SOLD Oil on canvas painting, measuring 45 x 65 cm without frame and 66 x 86 cm with frame, from the Venetian school of the second half of the 17th century. This basket of flowers, departing from archaic compositional schemes dating back to prototypes from the late sixteenth century – such as the so-called "grotesque vases" – gradually opened up to freer settings, with a more volumetric rendering of the various floral parameters, compared to the frontal symmetry of the initial examples. Note in fact a greater dynamism compared to the more 'archaic' tests, both for the volumetric, all-around vision of the florid floral bouquet, and for the interesting model of the container. From these observations, it is possible to convincingly suggest a contact of this artist with the Mantovano – sometimes also remembered with the name of Mantovani - with the examples of Mario Nuzzi known as "Mario dei Fiori", who established himself as an absolute leader among the seventeenth-century 'florists'. Whose works were certainly known, directly or through engravings, to the Mantovano: a specialist who worked mainly in Venice, but presumably also in Mantua, given his nickname, reported in the few documentary news recovered about him. Naturally, his range of assimilations should not have stopped at the Roman master, while undoubtedly remaining a main point of reference for his emancipation. The paintings and art objects published here are my exclusive property and consequently are always available to be viewed in person, by appointment, at my exhibition locations in Sanremo and Brescia. The work, like all our objects, is sold accompanied by a FIMA photographic certificate of authenticity and lawful provenance; this document identifies the object, adding value to the item. We personally handle and organize the packaging and shipping of works of art with insurance worldwide. Dr. Riccardo Moneghini Art Historian