Attributed to Cy Twombly, no coa, private collection, medium: oil, measurements: 28"hx24"w framed, good condition Biography: Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. was an American painter, sculptor and photographer. Twombly influenced artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Francesco Clemente, Julian Schnabel and Jean-Michel Basquiat. In 1957, Twombly moved to Rome and made it his primary city, where he met the Italian artist Tatiana Franchetti – sister of his patron Baron Giorgio Franchetti. They were married at New York City Hall in 1959 and then bought a palazzo on the Via di Monserrato in Rome. In addition, they had a 17th-century palace in Bassano in Teverina, near Viterbo. In 2023, the palace was restored and reopened to the public as an artists residence and an exhibition center. The first artist being hosted is American painter Robert Nava.Around 1961, through their mutual relationship with the artist Afro, Twombly met the American artist Joseph Glasco in Mykonos. According to Glasco, he and Twombly "saw each other every summer in Mykonos for years ... and saw a lot of each other daily".In 1964, Twombly met Nicola Del Roscio of Gaeta, who became his longtime companion.bought a house and rented a studio in Gaeta in the early 1990s.Twombly and Tatiana, who died in 2010, never divorced and remained friends.In July 2011, after suffering from cancer for several years, Twombly died in Rome after a brief hospitalization.A plaque in Santa Maria in Vallicella commemorates him.