Bartolomeo Ligozzi (born Verona, active Florence circa 1620) A still life of flowers in a decora...

Bartolomeo Ligozzi (born Verona, active Florence circa 1620) A still life of flowers in a decorated metal urn; and a companion painting (a pair) both oil on canvas each 20 3/4 x 15 1/4in (52.7 x 38.8cm) Footnotes: Dr. Alberto Cottino has previously confirmed the attribution of the present painting. In the present paintings, flowers, including hyacinths, tulips, anemones, carnations and other species are represented with great attention to botanical detail. The motif of the vase with putti riding dolphins is recurrent and appears, for example, in the Still-life with a tortoise, squirrel and an India piglet in the Museo della Natura Morta in Poggio a Caiano. The rendering of the flowers can be compared to those in the paintings Flowers, fruit and a parrot (inv. no. 1774) and Flowers in a glass vase (inv. no. 560) datable to between 1688 and 1692; the same period as the present paintings according to Cottino. Bartolomeo Ligozzi was a specialist painter of fruit and flower compositions; he enjoyed a successful career at the court of Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici: among his patrons, Cardinal Carlo de' Medici commissioned an important series of flower paintings from him. Provenance Sale, Artcurial, Old Masters & XIXth Century Art, 16 June 2020, Lot 202; Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, Old Master Paintings, 10 November 2020, Lot 186. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing