Viviano Codazzi (1603 - 1672) a pair of architectural capric...

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Viviano Codazzi (1603 - 1672)
a pair of architectural capriccio's 
Oil on canvas

A native of the Northern city of Bergamo, Viviano Codazzi is known to have travelled to Rome as early as 1620. In 1634 he moved to Naples and remained there until 1647. Codazzi specialised in realistic landscape painting and often collaborated with Michelangelo Cerquozzi in painting views of monuments and architectural fantasy, the staffage being painted by Cerquozzi. 

Codazzi was to receive many lucrative commissions throughout his life, some of the most important being the mural architectural settings for frescoes on the walls of the churches of Santi Apostoli, San Paolo Maggiore and San Martino. He also executed numerous genre scenes and some religious subjects. 

Provenance:
Collection Pérez de Vargas, Counts de la Quinteria, since the 19th Century; 
Illustrisima Sra. Doña Maria Carmen del Valle, 1960s; 
The property of a Spanish Noble family 

Dimensions:
24 in. (H) x 28.75 in. (W)