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Margherita Caffi

Selected Works

A horizontal-format still life with a brown pot at the center overflowing with flowers of every color. The composition is set against a dark background.

Jarrón con flores

1670-80
Margherita Caffi, Jarrón con flores, 1670–80. Oil on canvas, 85 x 120 cm. Museo Carralbo.
Museo Carralbo

A floral still life with pots of flower on two levels, filling the vertical canvas. The flowers are mostly pink, white, and red, with some yellow and a blue ribbon accenting one of the bouquets.

Florero

ca. 1678–1700
Margherita Caffi, Florero, ca. 1678–1700. Oil on canvas, 104 x 65 cm. Museo del Prado.
Museo del Prado

A floral still life with white and pink roses filling the entire composition. A smaller assortment of flowers in a vase is included on the left side of the canvas.

Rosal en flor

ca. 1680–1700
Margherita Caffi, Rosal en flor, ca. 1680–1700. Oil on canvas, 152 x 196 cm. Museo del Prado.
Museo del Prado

An arrangement of white, pink, red, orange, and yellow flowers in an elaborate vase on the right side of the horizontal canvas. Another cluster of flowers appears on the left, both set against a dark background.

Still-Life with a Vase of Flowers

n.d.
Margherita Caffi, Still-Life with a Vase of Flowers, n.d. Oil on canvas, 109 x 136 cm. Private collection.
Private collection

An elaborate floral still life with multiple arrangements of flowers in every color filling the entire composition. The background is dark and there are clusters of delicate, white flowers sitting on the table in the bottom right corner of the composition.

Swathes of Flowers in Urns on a Ledge

n.d.
Margherita Caffi, Swathes of Flowers in Urns on a Ledge, n.d. Oil on canvas, 75.8 x 95.8 cm. Private collection.
Private collection.