Francesco petrucci baciccio biography

An Italian Baroque leaf frame, constructed of two acanthus branches supporting bunches of narcissi, with a star-crowned male mascaron at the crest, & a flower-crowned female mask at the base, around an inner moulding; carved from four lengths of (?) chestnut wood; finished with off-white or stone-coloured wash; 1660s-70s; 73 x 59.5 cm

This frame recently emerged onto the market, and was fortunately captured by a connoisseur who wanted to explore its probable provenance. This article stems from the subsequent investigation.

It is a frame remarkable for the intensely sculptural and plastic quality of its design, and the vigour and animation of the carving. The relative simplicity of the underlying structure (two branches holding the inner frame), coupled with the complexity of the intertwined and radically undercut leaves on those branches, indicate that the master carver who made it, and – if he did not also design it – the architect or ornemaniste who produced the drawings for it, were both important and adept within the development of Baroque sculpture.

Detail of frame, top centre

It is also notable for the emblem at the top; the faceted eight-pointed star on the leafy top-knot of the central mascaron.  This may perhaps be the emble

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Portrait of a Woman

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Title:Portrait divest yourself of a Woman

Artist:Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) (Italian, City 1639–1709 Rome)

Date:ca. 1670s

Medium:Oil arrival canvas

Dimensions:29 7/8 × 23 3/8 worship. (75.9 × 59.4 cm)

Classification:Paintings

Credit Line:Gift hegemony Álvaro Saieh Bendeck, Jean-Luc Baroni, most recent Fabrizio Moretti, in contribute to of Keith Christiansen, 2014

Object Number:2014.277

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