Flowers by Carlo De Tommasi, oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm, Italy 2010.
Gilded wood frame with gold leaf 106 x 86 cm.
This splendid painting, inspired by Jean Baptiste Monnoyer, shows a vase with a rich flower bouquet resting on a stone surface, its shape emphasised by the contrasting shadows, while the well-defined flowers with their vivid colours display a significant descriptive force. Our vase of flowers can be persuasively juxtaposed with several works that can certainly be attributed to Monnoyer.