Jacopo Ligozzi
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(Verona 1547–1627 Florence)
Two white vases with bouquets of flowers,
oil on canvas, 49 x 62.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
European private collection
Literature:
J. T. Spike, Il senso del piacere. Una collezione di nature morte. 2002, pp. 26–29, n. 6, ill.
Jacopo Ligozzi was born into a family of tapestry painters and artisans active at the courts of Innsbruck and Trento. In 1577, at the age of 30, he travelled to Florence, where he worked at the Medici court, producing botanical and zoological illustrations. Many of these sheets are now preserved in the Uffizi’s Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe. They used to serve as models for such painters as Gerolamo Pini and Giovanna Garzoni.
The still life genre was invented in Florence at the end of 16th century when the Medici commissioned botanical illustrations by Jacopo Ligozzi. Not many still-lifes by this painter have survived, therefore the two paintings present, finalised with precision and detail, are rare examples of great quality and uniqueness.
The brushwork and the symmetry of the two vases allow after John Spike to date the paintings as early works of the artist, not after 1600 (see J. T. Spike, 2002, S. 26). The classical décor of the vases reflect the taste of the 16th century. To emphasise especially the delicate bright-dark contrast in connection with a calligraphic elegance and the simplicity of the floral composition that allows us to study every single flower in detail.
Ligozzi was the son of the painter Giovanni Ermanno Ligozzi; in 1576 he went to Florence to work at the Medici court. He studied at the Accadmia del Disegno and became the court painter of Grand Duke Ferdinand I in 1587 with a workshop in Casino Mediceo.
See following lot 565.
Specialist: Mark MacDonnell
Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
17.04.2013 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 40,000.- to EUR 60,000.-
Jacopo Ligozzi
(Verona 1547–1627 Florence)
Two white vases with bouquets of flowers,
oil on canvas, 49 x 62.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
European private collection
Literature:
J. T. Spike, Il senso del piacere. Una collezione di nature morte. 2002, pp. 26–29, n. 6, ill.
Jacopo Ligozzi was born into a family of tapestry painters and artisans active at the courts of Innsbruck and Trento. In 1577, at the age of 30, he travelled to Florence, where he worked at the Medici court, producing botanical and zoological illustrations. Many of these sheets are now preserved in the Uffizi’s Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe. They used to serve as models for such painters as Gerolamo Pini and Giovanna Garzoni.
The still life genre was invented in Florence at the end of 16th century when the Medici commissioned botanical illustrations by Jacopo Ligozzi. Not many still-lifes by this painter have survived, therefore the two paintings present, finalised with precision and detail, are rare examples of great quality and uniqueness.
The brushwork and the symmetry of the two vases allow after John Spike to date the paintings as early works of the artist, not after 1600 (see J. T. Spike, 2002, S. 26). The classical décor of the vases reflect the taste of the 16th century. To emphasise especially the delicate bright-dark contrast in connection with a calligraphic elegance and the simplicity of the floral composition that allows us to study every single flower in detail.
Ligozzi was the son of the painter Giovanni Ermanno Ligozzi; in 1576 he went to Florence to work at the Medici court. He studied at the Accadmia del Disegno and became the court painter of Grand Duke Ferdinand I in 1587 with a workshop in Casino Mediceo.
See following lot 565.
Specialist: Mark MacDonnell
Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 17.04.2013 - 18:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 06.04. - 17.04.2013 |