Lot 8: Still Life in a Park

Francesco Lavagna - active early 18th cent., Still Life in a Park, Ca. 1730, oil/canvas, 75,5 x 104 cm, min. rest., relined., Neapolitan flower a. still life painter. Little is known about the artist, his teacher was possibly Gasparo Lopez. Judged by name a. pictorial style L. was a relative of Giuseppe Lavagna (1684-1724), with whom he possibly collaborated in decorating mansions a. palazzi of the nobility.