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Source Description
The play of light over delicate blossoms, highlighting them against a dark background is characteristic of flower painting in Naples in the 1600s. Giacomo Recco was the father of Giuseppe Recco, who developed the theme in a more adventuresome way, as in Walters 37.1856.
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Document identity
localId
25975
label
A Vase of Flowers
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
25975
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
A Vase of Flowers
description
The play of light over delicate blossoms, highlighting them against a dark background is characteristic of flower painting in Naples in the 1600s. Giacomo Recco was the father of Giuseppe Recco, who developed the theme in a more adventuresome way, as in Walters 37.1856.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 467, as Mario dei Fiori]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1625-1650 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
40.5
height
31.5
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 15 15/16 x W: 12 3/8 x D: 5/16 in. (40.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] On back of panel: Pr. Maria Lanantia/221
med
oil on octagonal panel
creator_ids
4618
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
1994
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1
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photo
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6e57cadd69773c4c
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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36c0f7263cf140b4
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no