Floral composition in an embossed vase, Francesca Volò Smiller (Milan, 1657 – 1700)

Francesca Volò Smiller, known as Vincenzina (Milan, 1657 – 1700) attributed
Floral arrangement overflowing from an embossed vase
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oil painting on canvas
79 cm x 61 cm.
Framed 89 x 70 cm.

The elegant canvas that we propose can easily be traced back to the catalog of the Milanese painter Francesca Volò Smiller, known as Vincenzina (Milan, 1657 – 1700), a refined specialist in this pictorial genre, and an important exponent of the largest and most prolific family of seventeenth-century Milanese painters ;

The founder of this very high level and equally successful "family business" was his father, the Italianized Frenchman Vincenzo Volò, known as Vincenzino dei Fiori (1601-1671), who in addition to Francesca also hired his brother Giuseppe Volò (also nicknamed he “Vicenzino”) and his sister Margherita Volò Caffi.

In her works the painter shows evident similarities with the painting of her brothers, with Margherita in particular, but also specific and autonomous characteristics.

Francesca's painting is characterized by a high quality of execution, for the rendering of the flowers through an intense and heartfelt naturalism, with a prevalence of acidulous and cold colors lit by touches of deep red and illuminated by the skilful use of white; Like Margherita, Francesca arranges flowers with great compositional freedom arranged in an embossed vase whose sparkling colors (pink, white and red are her favorites) emerge from the dark background.

The material, animated by a vivid light, acquires a particular, delicate and virtuosic softness in the definition of the reflections of the vase and in the transparencies of the petals.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The work is sold complete with a gilded wooden frame and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and descriptive iconographic card.

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