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Filippo della Valle (Firenze, 1698 - Roma, 1768)
Flora in laid paper with watermark
Bloody
H 430x270 mm
Expert opinion by Professor Claudio Strinati: «The inscription on the sheet itself which refers without any doubt this drawing to Luca Giordano is totally without foundation and must to have been on purpose, even judging only by the handwriting, for a long timeafter the execution of the work.
The only noteworthy testimony is that the drawing was acquired in Rome and the author is in fact Roman, although Tuscan by birth.This is a superb autograph by the great eighteenth-century sculptor Filippo della Valle, remembered with immense praise by ancient sources for some of most beautiful works executed at the time, participating, moreover, in the undertaking of Trevi Fountain where he left some of his memorable things.
And precisely the comparison with the two Allegories of Healthiness e of the Abundance sculpted, around 1760, on the front of the Trevi Fountainfrom della Valle, leads us to consider this drawing under examination here as a study drawn up by the Master for a large allegorical statue of similar setting and exactly at the same time as he put his hand to projects for those two wonderful statues for the Trevi Fountain.The fineness of the line and the harmonious complexity of the drapery give to this image that typical baroque movement that Filippo della Valle expresses without any temptation to rhetoric or, worse, fatuity, instead remaining sober and vigilant.This design is of very noble expression and perfect preservation contributes to making it more fascinating than ever.
Yours faithfully,
Claudio Strinati»
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