Margherita Caffi

Margherita Caffi
Margherita Caffi
Born	Margherita Volo; 1650; Milan, Italy
Died	1710 (aged 59–60); Milan, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Still Life
Spouse(s)	Ludivico Caffi

Margherita Caffi (1650 – 20 September 1710) was an Italian painter of still lifes of flowers and fruit. She was born Margherita Volo, in Milan to Francesco Volo (a still-life painter himself) and his wife, Veronica. In 1668, she married Ludivico Caffi (also a still-life painter) in Cremona. She settled in Piacenza in 1670. She is known to have had at least four children. She died in Milan at age 60.[1]

Still-Life with a Vase of Flowers by Margherita Caffi, private collection

Margherita Caffi (Milan 1650/51 - 1710) from Dr. Jeffrey Lant Collection

References

Gaze, Delia (1997). Dictionary of Women Artists: Artists, J-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 339–340.

Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 208.CS1 maint: location (link)

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[:0-1] Gaze, Delia (1997). Dictionary of Women Artists: Artists, J-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 339–340.