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17th-century Italian School Still Life with Flowers - Antique Oil Painting

17th century
Sold 6 November 2024 · Brave Fine Art
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Description

This late 17th-century Italian still life painting depicts an urn with flowers, a dish of fruit, porcelain bottle and bird. It was previously in the collection of the National Trust.

Story

Imagine, if you will, that it’s 1680 and you’re the wife of an upcoming Italian merchant. Your home is nestled into the countryside around Turin and surrounded by picturesque flora. Every surface is awash with fineries, many imported to demonstrate new wealth - after all, your guests need to be impressed. And in the hall for dining, this large still life, which you acquired from the workshop of a local artist, proudly hangs alongside religious works and a pair of good portraits.

Context

Stylistically, this painting is unusual but aligns with certain Italian still lifes from the late 17th/early 18th centuries. It lacks the fine details of a well-trained hand but carries an abundance of charm. It probably originated from the workshop of an Italian master who understood the appeal of Dutch and Flemish works. One such master was Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596-1676), a nun who began her artistic career at the Ursulines convent at Bianzè. Her father, Guglielmo Caccia, was also an artist.

Caccia produced a vast array of works throughout her life and created a studio with apprentices at a convent at Moncalvo. She’s regarded as a pioneer of still life painting in Italy. Her compositions are not dissimilar to this one and it’s plausible that the artist either worked at her studio or was trained by one of her apprentices.

Held within a 20th-century frame.

Learn more about Orsola Maddalena Caccia in our directory.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 40” x 33” / 102cm x 84cm

Year of creation: c. 1680

Labels & Inscriptions: National Trust Scotland donation label.

Condition: Artwork presents well. Canvas relined. Craquelure but the paint is stable

Date of Manufacture

Brave Fine Art has dated this Antique Oil Painting to the Before 1700 period.

Physical Dimensions
Height
84cm (33.07")
Width
102cm (40.16")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Reference Numbers
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SA949027
Description
This late 17th-century Italian still life painting depicts an urn with flowers, a dish of fruit, porcelain bottle and bird. It was previously in the collection of the National Trust.

Story

Imagine, if you will, that it’s 1680 and you’re the wife of an upcoming Italian merchant. Your home is nestled into the countryside around Turin and surrounded by picturesque flora.

“
Every surface is awash with fineries, many imported to demonstrate new wealth - after all, your guests need to be impressed.
Brave Fine Art

And in the hall for dining, this large still life, which you acquired from the workshop of a local artist, proudly hangs alongside religious works and a pair of good portraits.

fig 1. An antique oil painting depicting a dark floral still life with vases and botanicals set against a deep brown background, enclosed in a dark wooden frame.
fig 1. 17th-century Italian School Still Life with Flowers - Antique Oil Painting

Context

Stylistically, this painting is unusual but aligns with certain Italian still lifes from the late 17th/early 18th centuries. It lacks the fine details of a well-trained hand but carries an abundance of charm. It probably originated from the workshop of an Italian master who understood the appeal of Dutch and Flemish works. One such master was Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596-1676), a nun who began her artistic career at the Ursulines convent at Bianzè. Her father, Guglielmo Caccia, was also an artist.

fig 2. An antique oil painting depicting a dark floral still life with vases and botanicals set against a deep brown background, enclosed in a dark wooden frame.
fig 2. 17th-century Italian School Still Life with Flowers - Antique Oil Painting

Caccia produced a vast array of works throughout her life and created a studio with apprentices at a convent at Moncalvo. She’s regarded as a pioneer of still life painting in Italy. Her compositions are not dissimilar to this one and it’s plausible that the artist either worked at her studio or was trained by one of her apprentices.

fig 3. An antique oil painting depicting a dark floral still life with vases and botanicals set against a deep brown background, enclosed in a dark wooden frame.
fig 3. 17th-century Italian School Still Life with Flowers - Antique Oil Painting

Held within a 20th-century frame.

Learn more about Orsola Maddalena Caccia in our directory.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 40” x 33” / 102cm x 84cm

Year of creation: c. 1680

Labels & Inscriptions: National Trust Scotland donation label.

Condition: Artwork presents well. Canvas relined. Craquelure but the paint is stable

Date of Manufacture

Brave Fine Art has dated this Antique Oil Painting to the Before 1700 period.

Height
84cm (33.07")
Width
102cm (40.16")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Reference Numbers
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SA949027
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An antique oil painting depicting a dark floral still life with vases and botanicals set against a deep brown background, enclosed in a dark wooden frame.
17th-Century Italian School Still Life With Flowers - Antique Oil Painting
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An antique oil painting depicting a dark floral still life with vases and botanicals set against a deep brown background, enclosed in a dark wooden frame.
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  • ObjectPaintings
  • Period17th century
  • StyleBaroque
  • MaterialCanvas, Oil Paint, Wood
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsFloral arrangement, Urns and vases, Dark background, Botanical details
  • SizeH 84 cm (33 in) x W 102 cm (40 in) x D 6 cm (2 in)

FAQs

Seventeenth-century Italian still life painting often features dramatic lighting, dark backgrounds, and meticulously arranged compositions of flora, fruit, or domestic objects, heavily influenced by the Baroque aesthetic and natural observation.

Artists of this era typically utilised hand-woven linen canvas stretched over wooden frames, prepared with a dark gesso ground, and painted using finely ground pigment mixed with linseed oil, finished with a protective natural resin varnish.

Authentication involves examining the canvas weave, craquelure patterns in the oil paint layers, stretcher frame construction, and pigment analysis under ultraviolet light to check for age-appropriate oxidisation and historical restorations.

Pairing a dark, moody historic painting with minimalist modern furniture creates a striking focal point, allowing the rich tones and classical composition to anchor a contemporary room design.

Preservation requires maintaining stable indoor relative humidity between forty and fifty percent, keeping the artwork out of direct sunlight, avoiding extreme temperature fluctuations, and consulting a professional conservator for cleaning.
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