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Damaged painting seems more like a Nuzzi: Italian art professor

【Culture】2015-08-28 21:58:46

Rome, Aug. 27 (CNA)

An Italian professor of

medieval art has

suggested that a

controversial painting

on display in Taipei had

a style more typical of

Mario Nuzzi than his

17th century Italian

counterpart Paolo

Porpora.

When asked by CNA for

her opinion on the

painting of flowers in a vase, Stefania Macioce of Sapienza University of Rome said the work

showed the influence of the Flemish painting style, representative of Nuzzi (1603-1673), rather

than Porpora's more Baroque touch.

The painting, identified at "The Face of Leonardo, Images of a Genius" exhibition as "Flowers"

by Paolo Porpora (1617-1673), gained worldwide attention after a young boy tripped and

accidently punched a hole in it on Sunday.

As the painting was being restored, questions about the painting's origins were raised when a

picture of it from a catalogue of Italian auction house Casa d'Aste Della Rocca showed it as the

work of Nuzzi.

The Italian curator of the exhibition Andrea Rossi said the auction house had it wrong, but

Macioce and a private collector in Napolis, Achille Della Ragione, are not so sure.

Both told CNA that it is not easy for the average art aficionado to tell the difference between the

works of the two medieval artists, but people familiar with artistic styles and art history should be

able to identify who actually painted "Flowers" after studying it.

A passionate collector of 17th-century paintings by Naples artists and medieval still life

paintings, Achille Della Ragione said that from a high-resolution photo of the painting "Flowers,"

he could identify the brushwork and flower posture of Nuzzi's paintings.

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He also noted that Porpora was once a student of Nuzzi.

The organizer of the Taipei exhibition, TST Art of Discovery Co., claimed after the painting was

damaged that it was worth NT$50 million (approximately US$1.55 million).

The Italian auction house, on the other hand, estimated its value at between 25,000 and 30,000

euros during two auctions in 2012.

In Ragione's opinion, the current value of the damaged painting is probably below 30,000 euros

because prices of antique paintings have slumped in recent years as modern paintings have

dominated the market.

(By Chieh Yi Cheng and Lillian Lin)

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