Marco CARICCHIA (Arpino circa 1756 ? after 1797) Portrait of a Lady as Flora Oval canvas Signed and dated on the reverse "Marcus Felix Caricchia / pingebat ... 1787 / Rome" 72 x 55 cm Marco Caricchia, trained in Rome with Pompeo Batoni, is known as a portraitist and miniaturist. He signed the portrait of Cardinal Carlo Livizzani, dated 1788 (now in Modena's Civic Art Museum) and that of Marquis Filippo Filonardi (now in the San Carlo College Foundation in Modena).