6031 - Stanchi, Giovanni

Stanchi, Giovanni Floral garland depicting the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in an illusionistic setting. Oil on canvas, mounted on hardboard; the original stretcher is attached to the back of the board. 105 x 91.5 cm. On the reverse side of the stretcher are old number labels and the remains of a red lacquer seal bearing a coat of arms. The collection of the Wallraf Richartz Museum in Cologne includes two comparable paintings that were only recently identified as works by Giovanni Stanchi (Inv. WRM 2344 and WRM 2345). The Anhaltinische Gemäldegalerie in Dessau also holds a similar composition (see Lanfranco Ravelli: *Stanchi dei fiori*, Bergamo 2005, no. 46). Giovanni Stanchi, together with his two brothers and one sister, ran a thriving workshop in Rome that specialized in floral still lifes modeled after Flemish examples. We thank Dr. Anja K. Sevcik, Cologne, for scholarly insights and confirmation of the authorship (email dated August 14, 2026). A copy of an expert report dated December 17, 1946, by Margarethe Noelle, containing an old attribution to Daniel Seghers, is available. Provenance: Collection of the Princes of Saxe-Meiningen (according to the expert report by Margarethe Noelle). Private collection, Berlin. - Please request condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.