MARIO DEI FIORI
(b. 1603, Roma, d. 1673, Roma)

Flower Still-Life

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Oil on canvas, 668 x 51 cm
Private collection

The painting depicts a still-life of carnations, lilies, peonies, irises and other flowers in stone urn on a pedestal.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 7 minutes):
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, ballet suite, op. 71, Waltz of the Flowers