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'''Margherita Caffi''' (1650 – 20 September 1710) was an Italian painter of still lifes of flowers and fruit. She was born Margherita Volo, in [[Milan]] to Francesco Volo (a still-life painter himself) and his wife, Veronica. In 1668, she married Ludivico Caffi (also a still-life painter) in [[Cremona]]. She settled in [[Piacenza]] in 1670. She is known to have had at least four children. She died in Milan at the age of sixty.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=[[Dictionary of Women Artists]]: Artists, J-Z|last=Gaze|first=Delia|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1997|pages=339–340}}</ref> |
'''Margherita Caffi''' (1650 – 20 September 1710) was an Italian painter of still lifes of flowers and fruit. She was born Margherita Volo, in [[Milan]] to Francesco Volo (a still-life painter himself) and his wife, Veronica. In 1668, she married Ludivico Caffi (also a still-life painter) in [[Cremona]]. She settled in [[Piacenza]] in 1670. She is known to have had at least four children. She died in Milan at the age of sixty.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=[[Dictionary of Women Artists]]: Artists, J-Z|last=Gaze|first=Delia|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1997|pages=339–340}}</ref> |
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There are a number of unsigned paintings depicting "still lives with flowers", previously attributed to [[Francesco Guardi]], known as ''Pseudo-Guradi'' ''Maestro di Fiori Guardeschi'', but now postulated as likely the work of either [[Francesco Duramano]], [[Carlo Henrici]], [[Elisabetta Marchioni]], and/or Margherita.<ref> [https://www.wikiart.org/store/artist/the-pseudo-guardi.html Wikiart org website]</ref><ref>[https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4697215 Christies lot 4697215.</ref><ref>[https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/detail/HistoricOrArtisticProperty/0700099683 Catalogo Beni Culturali], Still-life with Flowers at Galleria Rizzi, Sestri Levante near [[Genoa]].</ref> |
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[[File:Margarita caffi-bodegon con jarron de flores.jpg|thumb|''Still-Life with a Vase of Flowers'' by Margherita Caffi, private collection]] |
[[File:Margarita caffi-bodegon con jarron de flores.jpg|thumb|''Still-Life with a Vase of Flowers'' by Margherita Caffi, private collection]] |
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Margherita Caffi | |
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| Born | Margherita Volo 1650 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 1710 (aged 59–60) Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Still Life |
| Spouse | Ludivico Caffi |
Margherita Caffi (1650 – 20 September 1710) was an Italian painter of still lifes of flowers and fruit. She was born Margherita Volo, in Milan to Francesco Volo (a still-life painter himself) and his wife, Veronica. In 1668, she married Ludivico Caffi (also a still-life painter) in Cremona. She settled in Piacenza in 1670. She is known to have had at least four children. She died in Milan at the age of sixty.[1]
There are a number of unsigned paintings depicting "still lives with flowers", previously attributed to Francesco Guardi, known as Pseudo-Guradi Maestro di Fiori Guardeschi, but now postulated as likely the work of either Francesco Duramano, Carlo Henrici, Elisabetta Marchioni, and/or Margherita.[2][3][4]
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- ^ Gaze, Delia (1997). Dictionary of Women Artists: Artists, J-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 339–340.
- ^ Wikiart org website
- ^ [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4697215 Christies lot 4697215.
- ^ Catalogo Beni Culturali, Still-life with Flowers at Galleria Rizzi, Sestri Levante near Genoa.
- Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. I: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 208.
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