Mario Nuzzi Mario de' Fiori

(Roma, 1603 - Roma, 1673)

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The painter's individual works created for the most important clients experiment with a new, extremely elegant and rich style, aimed at freeing itself from a strictly botanical and didactic repertoire. In this work the painter strengthens his inventiveness by reaching the highest level of quality with refined floral compositions in a single vase. The central nucleus: delphinium, tulips, carnations, roses etc. emanate a central light that makes them alive and light like feathers which is matched by the sensitivity and Caravaggio-esque aesthetics of the painter by placing the flowers behind them in chiaroscuro shadow. In this way the chromatic happiness of the foreground is embellished. Typical of Mario dè Fiori: the Caravaggism inherited from Salini, the expository imprint, the detailed descriptivism of the flowers permeated by a luministic chromatism. Furthermore, the reference to the tradition of the Flemish and Dutch masters of the late 16th century is evident. Despite the frontal setting of the painting, the airy arrangement of the flowers gives a spatial depth and breadth of breath to the floral composition. Oval in a contemporary gilded wood frame.

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