Oil on canvas

20 x 29 inches, image

Signed

Condition: Very good; Relined; Mild blemishes, appropriate with age.

About: Amédée de Caranza was chef d'atelier at Viellard & Cie between 1878 and 1882. Little is known of Caranza's early years, except that he was of Italian origin and born in Istanbul. In 1867 he was working in Paris with Léon Parvillée, who specialised in Islamic-style ceramics, along with Théodore Deck and Eugène Collinot, who were both producing ceramics with relief enameling. In 1885, Caranza fell out with the Vieillard brothers and left the factory; he devoted the rest of his career to making glass. He was also an expert painter, though he produced precious few examples which survive to this day. The few that remain often feature exotic decorative vessels and or lush bouquets which somehow allude to his origins in the bustling Ottoman capital.