ORSOLA MADDALENA CACCIA | Still life of birds, including a marsh tit, chiffchaff, chaffinch, blue tits, goldrest, lapwing and a great tit
Estimate:
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Property from an Italian Private Collection
ORSOLA MADDALENA CACCIA | Still life of birds, including a marsh tit, chiffchaff, chaffinch, blue tits, goldrest, lapwing and a great tit
ORSOLA MADDALENA CACCIA | Still life of birds, including a marsh tit, chiffchaff, chaffinch, blue tits, goldrest, lapwing and a great tit
Estimate:
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot sold:
212,500
GBP
Property from an Italian Private Collection
ORSOLA MADDALENA CACCIA
Moncalvo 1596 - 1676
STILL LIFE OF BIRDS, INCLUDING A MARSH TIT, CHIFFCHAFF, CHAFFINCH, BLUE TITS, GOLDCREST, LAPWING AND A GREAT TIT
oil on canvas
unframed: 28 x 40.2 cm.; 11 x 15¾ in.
framed: 40.5 x 53.5 cm.; 16 x 21 in.
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The relining is stable and secure, and has not flattened the painting. The painted surface is in good condition, with retouching under ultra-violet light mainly restricted to the neutral brown background. Ready to hang in its simple but suitable wood frame with gilt fillets.
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Like many of the earliest known female artists of the Renaissance, Orsola Maddalena Caccia was a nun, taking her vows at the Ursuline convent of Bianzè in 1620. Trained by her father, the painter Guglielmo Caccia, Caccia went on to establish a painting studio at the convent in Moncalvo, taking commissions to provide a means of support to the institution.
Although still lifes represent only a small proportion of Caccia’s oeuvre, these works, such as this still life depicting birds, insects and flowers, are notable for their exquisite quality and subtle spiritual meaning – her extant paintings are peppered with the feathers of goldfinches, hoopoes and partridges.