Lot 230: Margherita Caffí (Vicenza fl. 1662-1700)

Roses, tulips, gladioli and other flowers in a ceramic urn with potted daffodils
oil on canvas laid down on panel
25 3/4 x 34 3/4 in. (65.4 x 88.3 cm.)

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

Margherita Caffí, an artist from Vicenza known for her paintings of flowers, was patronized by the Medici in Florence and the Habsburgs in Madrid and Innsbruck; she seems to have lived in Innsbruck for a significant period of time. Her loose handling of paint and free technique is more rococo than baroque, yet her color scheme - which favors red, yellow, and blue - and the use of a dark background identify her as a seventeenth-century artist.