Karel Van Vogelaer, Known As Charles Of The Flowers (maastricht 1653- Rome 1695), Flower Pot

Karel Van Vogelaer, known as Charles of the Flowers (Maastricht 1653- Rome 1695)
Flower pot
Oil on canvas, cm 77 x 94
With frame, cm 123 x 100
Critical sheet Alberto Cottino

The flower pot under examination, executed with great technical expertise, attention to detail and naturalistic analysis, is part of the tradition of still life of flowers in the late 17th century. In particular, this painting season was dominated by the presence of very skilled foreigners in floral representation such as Franz Werner von Tamm, Christian berentz and Karen van Vogelaer. It is to the latter that the work in question can be attributed.
Karen van Vogelaer (1653-1695) was nicknamed Carlo de Fiori precisely because of his great skill in depicting the same. He arrived in Rome at least in 1675, when he is registered in the company of the Flemish painters "Bentveughel" and remained there until his death in 1695. The Roman period was marked by numerous commissions from the most renowned collectors, such as the Colonna.
Shortly after his death, in 1699 the Pallavicini acquired two of his works, which for the critics were an important starting point for the reconstruction of his artistic identity, along with a few other certain works: the two canvases at the national museum in Stockholm, one in the Canessa collection and others reported by Alberto Veca and Didier Bodart. Observing these and the canvas in analysis, we can see the main characteristics of Vogelaer’s works: the vertical orientation of the support, the large and lush bouquets of flowers placed in pots placed in an outdoor setting that gives, as in this case, on architectural elements and landscapes that, together with the palette of soft colors enhance the decorative taste of the work. Here the colors are well calibrated, to the soft pink are added the more saturated red and white, so as to give greater three-dimensional representation.
The background is dominated by the colours of the earth and the sky. 
Sometimes his compositions include animals like rabbits or puppies of marathon flu. 
Carlo dei fiori, as already mentioned, must have arrived in Rome around the age of 20, spending here the rest of his life: therefore his paintings are influenced by Roman culture, recepting the stylemi of the purple or Nuzzi as well as influential was certainly stimulating for him the rich presence of compatriots.
Little is known about the Vogelaer but it is noted that competition with the Tamm, which arose when the Maratta did not want the collaboration of Carlo die fiori for a Flora but preferred him Tamm.  

The object is in good condition