After Francesca Volò Smiller / Vincenzina, Still Life of Flowers, 1680, Oil on Canvas

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Francesca Volò Smiller, known as Vincenzina (Milan, 1657 - 1700) attributed
Floral Composition Overflowing from an Embossed Vase

Oil on … Read more Francesca Volò Smiller, known as Vincenzina (Milan, 1657 - 1700) attributed
Floral Composition Overflowing from an Embossed Vase

Oil on canvas
79 x 61 cm.
Framed 89 x 70 cm.

The elegant canvas we offer can easily be traced back to the oeuvre of the Milanese painter Francesca Volò Smiller, known as Vincenzina (Milan, 1657 - 1700), a refined specialist in this pictorial genre and an important member of the largest and most prolific family of Milanese painters of the 17th century.

The founder of this highly accomplished and equally successful "family business" was her father, the Italianized Frenchman Vincenzo Volò, known as Vincenzino dei Fiori (1601-1671), who, in addition to Francesca, also employed her brother Giuseppe Volò (also nicknamed "Vicenzino") and her sister Margherita Volò Caffi in his workshop.

In her works, the painter displays clear similarities with her brothers' painting, Margherita in particular, but also specific and distinct characteristics.

Francesca's painting is characterized by a high level of execution, the rendering of flowers through intense and heartfelt naturalism, with a predominance of acidic and cool colors, brightened by touches of deep red and illuminated by the skillful use of white. Like Margherita, Francesca arranges flowers with great compositional freedom in an embossed vase, whose sparkling colors (preferably pink, white, and red) emerge from the dark background.

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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The work is sold complete with a gilded wooden frame and comes with a certificate of authenticity and an iconographic. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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