GIOVANNA GARZONI
Still life of flowers in a glass vase, 1640 – 1650
Tempera on vellum with traces of black pencil
44.4 x 37 cm
17 1/2 x 14 5/8 in
17 1/2 x 14 5/8 in
Provenance
Possibly Luca Ferrari the Abbot (d. 1688), Villa Margone, Trento;
Bequeathed to Margherita Rothier, Trento (her name inscribed on the top, alongside the perimeter of the support on the unpainted margin);
By descent in the Lupis-Salvadori family (following the marriage of Margherita Rothier and Francesco Lupis in October 1689) until at least 1934, when it was hanging on the walls of the family property, Villa Margone, Trento;
With Rob Smeets Gallery, Geneva,
From whom acquired by the present owners in 2022.
Literature
C. Lunelli, ‘La raccolta d’arte dell'abate Luca Ferrari (1688)’, in Atti dell’Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati di Scienza Lettere e Arti, 1974-1975, series VI, vol. XIV-XV, p. 115.