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Artworks
MARIO NUZZI & RAFFAELLO VANNI
The Triumph of Flora, Rome, circa 1660oil on canvas183 x 281.5 cm;
72 x 110 7/8 inProvenance
Commissioned by Giulio Rospigliosi, later Pope Clement IX (1600-1669), in circa 1660;
By descent to Giovanni Battista Rospigliosi, I Prince Rospigliosi, I Duke of Zagarolo (1646-1722), Palazzo Rospigliosi Pallavicini, Rome, 1713 (recorded in the inventory dated 26 June 1713);
By descent to Camillo Rospigliosi, III Duke of Zagarolo (1704-1763) (recorded in his posthumous inventory drawn up in 1769);
By descent to Marcantonio Rospigliosi (1726-1784) (recorded in his posthumous inventory drawn up in 1784, misattributed to Gian Giacomo Semenza);
Probably left Rome in the early 19th century during the Napoleonic occupation (1798-1814);
Private collection, Schleswig-Holstein, since at least 1966, until 2022.Literature
Francesco Solinas, 'Mario de’ Fiori e Raffaello Vanni,
la Flora Rospigliosi ritrovata e qualche appunto sulla pittura naturalistica a Roma alla metà del Seicento', in Predella Journal of Visual Arts, no. 54, December 2023, pp. 33-50