A Still Life of Roses, Carnations, Tulips and other Flowers in a glass Vase, with Pastries and Sweetmeats on a pewter Platter and earthenware Pots, on a stone Ledge in front of a red Curtain

PROVENANCE:
Private Aristocratic Collection, Spain since the 19th Century

NOTE:
A similarly constructed painting, although somewhat larger, is illustrated in Luigi Salerno,' La natura morta italiana 1560 -1805', Rome, 1984, p.218, no.52.10, private collection. The picture can be dated to the 1670s. It is interesting to note the subtle combination of so many elements from other schools of still life painting, such as the Roman, Spanish and Flemish traditions. There are many precedents in these schools which Recco would have known and used to create this extremely beautiful composition and one of the finest examples of still life by Recco without fish.