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The painting may illustrate an episode from the Anglo-Dutch wars. Its condition makes it difficult to ascertain its authorship. The handling and arrangement of the clouds point to a late date, around [+]
The earliest documentary reference to this painting appears in the 1772 inventory of the Palace of the Buen Retiro, in which the setting is attributed to Viviano Codazzi (1603/4-1672) and the figures [+]
The treatment of the composition reflects the work of the Florentines, Cigoli (1559-1613), Jacopo Chimenti da Empoli (1551-1640), Jacopo Vignali (1592-1664) and others. [+]
The vessel, carved in a single piece, consists of a jasper tazza with an oval mouth and boat-shaped profile. Until 1918 it had a simple mount of handles in the form of dolphins joined by openwork half [+]
