Oil/canvas. 62 x 50 cm. Zustand Some dam., relined. - Provenance: Estate Countess Finck von Finckenstein-Brinkama - Italian flower painter. N. s interest in flowers was instilled in him by his father s horticultural business. He trained as a painter in the studio of his uncle T. Salini. He soon won botanically interested patrons such as the later Pope Clement IX and Giancarlo de Medici. As a leading flower painter of his time, he also collaborated with other artists such as Carlo Maratta. In 1657 he was accepted as a member of the Accademia di San Luca. Mus.: Florence (Uffizi), Rome (Gall. Naz.), Madrid (Prado), Vatican a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.出处: Estate Countess Finck von Finckenstein-Brinkama