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| Keywords: Franz Werner von Tamm - Still Life of Flowers and Fruits in a Garden - Walters 371674.jpg A deceptively casual cascade of sweet-smelling roses tulips and other cultivated flowers combined with luscious ripe fruit including a melon grapes and a pomegranate sliced open is set before a classicizing urn in an aristocratic garden accompanied by a rabbit and guinea pig The owner of a palatial home in Rome or northern Europe around 1700 would appreciate this still life as a frank celebration of abundance fertility and the satisfaction of indulging the senses that would bring cheer to the walls even in the depths of January Tamm worked for princely collectors in Rome and Vienna where a similar composition was commissioned in 1707 by the prince of Liechtenstein for his palace there Such large decorative paintings were commonly hung in massed groupings like the present one The dark rich style owes much to Neapolitan still-life painters whose work was popular in Rome Indeed this painting and its companion Walters 37 1673 have also been attributed to the Neapolitan Nicola Malinconico 1663-1721 Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 349 470-471 between 1700 1710 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 171 5 123 5 accession number 37 1674 33606 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 446 as Mario dei Fiori Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Vienna Austria Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Franz Werner von Tamm Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
