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(1) Giacomo Recco
(b Naples, 1603; d Naples, before 1653). He was one of the first Neapolitan still-life painters, specializing exclusively in flower subjects and in part still inspired by late Mannerism. His only dated painting is a Vase of Flowers (1626; Paris, Rivet priv. col., see Causa, 1961, fig. 153c), an early work influenced by Flemish still-life painting in its accurate depiction of nature and its brilliant colours. The Vase of Flowers with the Arms of Cardinal Poli (Bergamo, priv. col., see 1984–5 exh. cat., i, p. 383) was once attributed to Giovanni da Udine and thus held to have been painted nearly a century earlier. It confirms Recco’s tendency to adopt an archaic Mannerist style, which he enriched with echoes of the highly finished detail of Flemish still-life and of the light and naturalism of the work of Caravaggio. Examples of his few known works include Vase of Flowers (Paris, Fleurville priv. col.), probably painted after 1626 but before the pendants Vases of Flowers (ex-Mus. N. Romano, Rome), one of which is initialled GR. His work provided a model for the two major still-life artists of the second half of the 17th century, his son (3) Giuseppe Recco and Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo. Paolo Porpora was Giacomo’s pupil from 1632.
Part of the Recco family
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