Viviano Codazzi (Bergamo c. 1604-1670 Rome)

An architectural capriccio with figures amongst ruins

Details

Viviano Codazzi (Bergamo c. 1604-1670 Rome)
An architectural capriccio with figures amongst ruins
oil on canvas
25¾ x 19¼ in. (65.4 x 48.9 cm.)

Literature

G. Briganti, L. Trezzani and L. Laureati, Viviano Codazzi, in I pittori bergamaschi dal XIII al XIX secolo, Il Seicento, I, Bergamo, 1983, pp. 688 and 730, no. 11.
D.R. Marshall, Viviano and Niccolò Codazzi, Milan, 1993, p. 334, no. VC198.

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Lot Essay

Professor David R. Marshall dates this painting to the late activity of Viviano Codazzi, towards the end of the 1660s, comparing the foliage and the masonry to that in a Capriccio with ruined arches and peasants dancing in a private collection, signed with initals and dated 1668 (see Marshall, op. cit., p. 331, no. VC195). A yet unidentified figure painter is responsible for the staffage.

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