Still Life of Flowers
Master of the Guardeschi Flowers attr.
Oil on canvas
Period: Second half of the 18th century
Canvas size: 82 x 58 cm Frame: 98 x 74 cm
The painting is on its original canvas.
Excellent condition
Still life featuring a basket full of flowers.
The fineness of the details and the remarkable execution attest to the attribution to this mysterious Venetian painter who preferred to remain anonymous and whom critics indicate as the "Master of the Guardeschi Flowers." This appellation derives from a series of paintings depicting well-defined floral compositions, with an original and extraordinarily elegant pictorial style, whose author has remained unknown, but for a long time attributed to the great Venetian Master.
The erroneous attribution, which held these Still Lifes to belong to the production of Francesco Guardi and his workshop, gives rise to the current denomination.
In fact, it is certainly an artist who evolved in the circle of Venetian painters of the 18th century, but his works are innovative compared to the traditional canons of still life.
