{"title":"Still Life","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"garzoni-giovanna-italian-1600-1670-still-life-with-flowers-in-an-elaborate-vase","title":"GARZONI, Giovanna (Italian, 1600-1670), Still life with flowers in an elaborate vase","description":"\u003cp\u003eGARZONI, Giovanna (Italian, 1600-1670).\u003cbr\u003eStill life with flowers in an elaborate vase.\u003cbr\u003eTempera on vellum.\u003cbr\u003e9 5\/8\" x 12 3\/8\" vellum, 18 1\/4\" x 21\" framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiovanna Garzoni was one of the most important woman painters in Italian art. Born in Ascoli in the region of the Marches in 1600, Garzoni completed several youthful works that demonstrated a precocious talent. In 1616 she went to Rome, where she found herself immediately immersed in an ambiance dominated by the innovative ideas of the Academia dei Lincei, which had been founded by the nobleman Federico Cesi and of which Galileo was an illustrious member. In Rome Garzoni was encouraged to dedicate herself to botanical painting. Eventually, the genre of still life painting would become her forte, winning her fame at many of the most illustrious courts of Europe - Paris, Rome, Naples, and Turin. She almost always painted these works on vellum rather than paper or canvas, and became known as the \"illustrious miniaturist.\" In the 1640s, Garzoni came to Florence to become an official miniaturist to the venerable Medici court. (It should be noted that this term did not then refer to the size of the paintings, but to a technique of applying tempera to parchment or vellum, producing a delicate translucence like illuminated manuscripts.) She was greatly attached to the activities of the Accademia di San Luca to which she bequeathed her estate. In gratitude, the academicians erected a commemorative monument with her portrait in their church of SS. Luca e Martina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks by Italian women artists from the seventeenth century are exceedingly rare. Few women had the opportunity to develop an artistic skill or work outside the home in any capacity. Giovanna Garzoni was a rare example of a woman who managed to work around social codes and become a working, successful and well-rewarded artist: one of the handful whose names are still known today. The rediscovery of Giovanna Garzoni can be traced back to the great exhibition of Italian still life paintings held in Naples, Rotterdam, and Zurich in 1964. Since that date, the research of many scholars has uncovered the well-documented life of an outstanding woman artist whose works were prized at the courts of Florence, Naples, Rome, Turin, and beyond the Alps to France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"aradernyc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46328509333548,"sku":null,"price":95000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1156\/7956\/files\/26_84028368-c1e2-4fbb-93c0-eb22594f24f9.jpg?v=1791083232"},{"product_id":"henstenburgh-herman-dutch-1667-1726-still-life-with-fruit-a-snail-a-bee-a-cabbage-butterfly-and-a-tortoise-shell-butterfly","title":"HENSTENBURGH, Herman (Dutch, 1667-1726), Still-life with fruit, a snail, a bee, a cabbage butterfly and a tortoise shell butterfly","description":"\u003cp\u003eHENSTENBURGH, Herman (Dutch, 1667-1726).\u003cbr\u003eStill-life with fruit, a snail, a bee, a cabbage butterfly and a tortoise shell butterfly.\u003cbr\u003eWatercolor and gouache on vellum.\u003cbr\u003eSigned lower right: \"H. Henstenburgh fecit\".\u003cbr\u003eca. 1700.\u003cbr\u003e10 1\/2\" x 13 1\/4\" vellum, 25 1\/2” x 22 3\/4” framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Quintessential Dutch Still-Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a similar way as a butterfly represents the Resurrection, a snail’s spiral reiterates this concept by suggesting endlessness, immortality. With his small, tight brushstrokes, Henstenburgh worked using a trompe l’oeil effect--particularly, the inclusion of a bee may have Greek roots. Philostratus the Elder wrote in his book, Imagines, “The painting has such regard for realism that it even shows drops of dew dripping from the flowers and a bee settling on the flowers--whether a real bee has been deceived by the painted flowers of whether we are to be deceived into thinking that a painted bee is real, I do not know.” By taking a closer look, one can recognize the very same drops of dew resting on leaves and slowly dripping down the stone ledge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"aradernyc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46328509431852,"sku":null,"price":180000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1156\/7956\/files\/27_869502f2-7dfe-4724-9fee-991476969fc8.jpg?v=1791083233"},{"product_id":"dali-salvador-1904-1989-grenade-et-l-ange-the-pomegranate-and-the-angel","title":"DALI, Salvador (1904-1989), Grenade et l’ange (The Pomegranate and the Angel)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDALI, Salvador (1904-1989).\u003cbr\u003eGrenade et l’ange (The Pomegranate and the Angel).\u003cbr\u003eWatercolor, gouache on 19th century stipple engraving [Pierre Antoine Poiteau Grenadier a fruit doux, from Traite des Arbres Fruitiers, 1807-35.]\u003cbr\u003eExecuted in 1969.\u003cbr\u003e13 1\/2\" x 10\" visible, 21\" x 18\" framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol[a], known as Salvador Dalí was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is sold with a photo-certificate of authenticity from Messieurs Robert and Nicolas Descharnes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Jean Schnieder, Basel (by whom commissioned from the artist in 1969). Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne (on consignment from the above, 2000). Private Collection, 2000; Bonhams, June 18, 2013 (Lot 38 - £49,250 inc. premium \/ ($76,830).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhibited: Cologne, Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Ruckblick auf Positionen der Galerietatigkeit zum 40-jahrigen Bestehen, 10 November 2000 - 15 January 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiteratue: C. Sahil, Salvidor Dali, 257 Editions Originales 1964-1985, Paris, 1985, under nos. 168-179.\u003cbr\u003eR. Michler and L.W. Lopsinger, Salvador Dali. Catalogue rasonne of etchings and mixed media prints 1924-1980, Munich, 1995, under nos. 344-355.\u003cbr\u003eA. Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali, New York, 1996, under nos. 69-11.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"aradernyc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46328509562924,"sku":null,"price":110000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1156\/7956\/files\/28_b25c808f-d24a-445c-861e-148761fdd48e.jpg?v=1791083235"}],"url":"https:\/\/aradernyc.com\/collections\/still-life.oembed","provider":"Arader Galleries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}