Giovanni Battista FOGGINI

(1652 - 1725)

White marble lidded vase


GIOVANNI BATTISTA FOGGINI
First sculptor in title at the court of the last Medici
First architect and director of the Grand-Ducal Workshops

Italy, Florence
17th century
Marble

H. 66 cm - W. 60 cm (26 in - 22 1/2 in)

The attribution to Giovanni Battista Foggini was confirmed by Kira d’Alburquerque.

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The great delicacy of the sculpture as well as the abundance of the ornamental vocabulary of our vase is absolutely faithful to the stylistic repertoire of its author - Giovanni Battista Foggini.

The Metropolitan Museum in New York preserves multiple drawings by Foggini with vase projects similar to our vase .
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Direct provenance : former collection of Giovanni Pratesi, Florence
 
This vase is reproduced in the second volume of the book « Giovacchino Fortini. Scultura Architettura Decorazione e Committenza a Firenze al tempo degli ultimi Medici » by Sandro Bellesi and Mara Visonà, 2008, p. 329.