Andrea scacciati-cuenco de flores y pájaro

Andrea Scacciati (12 August 1642,

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- 6 June 1710, Florence) was an Italian painter in the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style, known mostly for his flower paintings. He is often confused with the engraver, Andrea Scacciati (1725-1771), sometimes referred to as "The Younger", who was also from Florence. Their relationship, if any, is unclear.

Life and work

He was a student of Mario Balassi and Lorenzo Lippi. For many years, he was an official painter to the Grand Duchess of Tuscany,

Vittoria della Rovere Vittoria della Rovere (7 February 1622 – 5 March 1694) was Grand Duchess of Tuscany as the wife of Grand Duke Ferdinando II. She had four children with her husband, two of whom would survive infancy: the future Cosimo III, Tuscany's longest- ...

.Sandro Bellesi, Mina Gregori: ''Le Musée des Offices et le Palais Pitti'', Editions Place des Victoires, 2000 He often worked in collaboration with

Bartolomeo Bimbi image:Bartolomeo Bimbi.jpg, left, 180px, Medici citrus collection, 1715 Bartolomeo Bimbi (15 May 1648 – 1729) was a Florence, Florentine painter of still lifes, commissioned by his patrons including Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscan ...

, under command of the

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, to produce tableaux featuring animals and plants. His tableaux are mentioned in the inventories of the

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. Many of his works were in the possession of

Cosimo III de' Medici Cosimo III de' Medici (14 August 1642 – 31 October 1723) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the House of Medici. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinan ...

, who installed them in the and the

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. His paintings of bouquets are distinguished from those of Bimbi by darker shading, brighter colors and the use of Baroque vases. There is some indication, from 1698, that he also worked with the sculptor,

Giovanni Battista Foggini Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Foggini (25 April 1652 – 12 April 1725) was an Italian sculptor active in Florence, renowned mainly for small bronze statuary. Biography Born in Florence, the young Foggini was sent to Rome by the Medici Gran ...

, making colored mosaic tiles for furniture and other small items.''Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe''
@ Google Books. His son, Pietro Neri Scacciati (1684-1749), was also a painter and appears to have specialized in birds.

References

External links

@ ArtNet {{DEFAULTSORT:Scacciati, Andrea 1640s births 1700s deaths Italian painters Flower paintings Painters from Florence