Roses, tulips, gladiolus and other flowers in a ceramic urn with potted daffodils

Margherita Caffí, an artist from Vicenza known for her paintings of flowers, was patronized by the Medici in Florence and the Habsburgs in Madrid and Innsbruck; she seems to have lived in Innsbruck for a significant period of time. Her loose handling of paint and free technique is more rococo than baroque, yet her color scheme - which favors red, yellow, and blue - and the use of a dark background identify her as a seventeenth-century artist.