Margherita Caffi
Margherita Caffi (1650 – 20 September 1710) was an Italian painter of still lifes of flowers and fruit. She was born Margherita Volo, in Milan to Francesco Volo (a still-life painter himself) and his wife, Veronica. In 1668, she married Ludivico Caffi (also a still-life painter) in Cremona. She settled in Piacenza in 1670. She is known to have had at least four children. She died in Milan at the age of sixty.[1]
Still-Life with a Vase of Flowers by Margherita Caffi, private collection
Margherita Caffi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Margherita Volo 1650 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 1710 (aged 59–60) Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Still Life |
| Spouse | Ludivico Caffi |
Margherita Caffi
(Milan 1650/51 - 1710) from Dr. Jeffrey Lant Collection
References
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- Gaze, Delia (1997). Dictionary of Women Artists: Artists, J-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 339–340.
- Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. I: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 208.
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