Italian school (XVIII) - Grande Trionfo Floreale con Archeologia Romana

IMPORTANT AND NOTEWORTHY ANCIENT HIGH EPOCH FLORAL STILL LIFE ca XVII-XVIII CENTURY ITALY

Large and notable composition with roses, tulips, peonies, pomegranates and architectural landscape, archaeology and rural figures.

Extraordinary and monumental floral still life of notable decorative, visual, and collecting impact, characterized by a richly composed arrangement of flowers, fruits and foliage, skillfully laid out on an elegant angular marble surface.

At the center of the scene dominates a sumptuous bouquet composed of large roses, peonies, tulips and flowers of various species, realized with a painterly technique and vibrant, rich in chromatic overlaps and refined light transitions. The artist has played a lot with chiaroscuro, shadows and lights.

Particularly fascinating is the presence of open pomegranates at the bottom, traditional symbol of abundance and prosperity, wealth, painted with extraordinary chromatic intensity and great attention to rendering the seeds and pulp of the fruit, which makes them look real in life.

The composition also opens toward a suggestive landscape on the right side, where an archaeological architectural element emerges immersed in light, creating a scenographic depth that surpasses the traditional setting of a simple still life.

The work strikes for:

- exceptional compositional richness;
- large format and strong dramatic presence;
- quality of the painting material;
- ancient and particularly thick chromatic impasto;
- extraordinary botanical variety;
- presence of fruit and pomegranates;
- landscape background with architecture;
- evocative 17th-century atmosphere;
- important decorative and museum-like effect.

From the close-up images an painting emerges executed with overlapped brushstrokes, generous impasto and an extremely articulated construction of the petals.

The material preserves notable three-dimensionality, especially in the large roses and the central flowers.

Also the support appears of particular interest, with a very ancient textile structure and constructive characteristics that deserve direct technical study.

A work of great presence

This is not a simple floral decoration, but a composition conceived with great scenographic ambition, capable of furnishing a room as a protagonist—a grand salon, a historic villa, a representative residence, or a prestigious private collection.

The monumentality of the bouquet, together with the depth of the landscape and the symbolic richness of the fruits, gives the painting an extremely rare and sophisticated character.

A work that presents on a canvas long in date, there are, when viewed very closely, ancient restorations, color retouches, restorations and professional conservation.

The work shows retouchings, restorations, and color losses here and there due to its very old canvas.

Measurements with frame: 84x71 cm
Measurements of the painting: 65x54 cm

Splendid and congratulations to the winner of this specific auction.
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