Carnations, nasturtiums and other flowers in a vase on a stone ledge

This picture is comparable with six Still lifes of flowers in a vase on a stone ledge which Cardinal Flavio Chigi commissioned from the artist in circa 1680. One of these, now in a private collection, is illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Regista del Barocco, ed. M.G. Bernardini and M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, Palazzo Venezia, Rome 21 May-16 September 1999, p. 395, no. 140c.