Scuola romana, XVII secolo

Roman School, 17th century

Still life

Oil on canvas, cm 79 x 107 

With frame, cm 93 x 121

The work in question, depicting a majestic still life of flowers, is ascribed to the Roman school of the seventeenth century, within a multifaceted artistic structure and composed of many different personalities who dominate the scene, not only Italian but also foreign. In the painting you can see refined details and details such as the embossed bronze vase with a classic flavor, the silver plate bordered by tulips or the casket on which rests a smaller vase of flowers. A dark red velvet cloth is laid partially on it to create a balanced and harmonious composition in proportions together with flowers with a slender stem collected in the amphora. The latter are distinguished by the smoothness of the stroke with which the artist paints them: small touches of brush illuminate the petals of iris, gerberas, mottled tulips and the foliage that can be seen in the large bouquet. The light, coming from below, illuminates the scene and creates a pleasant play of shadows and lights that are reflected in the metal of the precious vases, as observed in the tray, part in the shade and part in the light. The painting is written without difficulty in the circle, not yet sufficiently studied, of the Italian and French artists of the mid-seventeenth century, specialists in the genre of still life with ornamental and precious inserts. The floral composition emphasizes the luxurious oriental rugs and is played with great virtuosity and always accompanied by gold, silver or bronze furnishings and, sometimes, fruit, flowers or musical instruments.  For a comparison, see the still life in private collection or the one preserved in the BBVA fund in Spain, work of Jacques Hupin, French painter active in the mid-seventeenth century both in France and in Italy, where it is documented in 1649. Hupin’s known paintings depict pieces of goldsmith’s work placed on entablatures covered with heavy dark red carpets. The theme of the carpet also brings him closer to Meiffren Conte and the contemporary painters active in Bergamo, such as Evaristo Baschenis and Bartolomeo Bettera. 

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