Anonymous Portrait of Tadeus Kościuszko 1796 circa Pen and black ink, brown watercolour ink, 90 x 70 mm Inscribed on the back, on old support paper: “Kosciusko / patriots”; inscribed on the back of the frame support: “N. 85 (provenienza Walpole) Taddeo Kosciuszko 1746-1817 Insigne patriota Polacco – emigrò in America e fu Aiutante di…
Giovanni David (Cabella 1743 – Genoa 1790) Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple 1784-1785 Black ink pen, polychrome watercolors, tempera on paper, 522 x 485 mm Provenance: Rome, private collection It is the presentation drawing for The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple painted by David in 1785 for the church of…
Giovanni De Min Belluno 1786–Tarzo 1859 Study for the Fresco Cycle Devoted to Napoleon in the Palace of the Countess Samoyloff in Milan: the Celebration of Napoleon portrayed by Canova among the Great Men in the Arts, Sciences and Politics from Antiquity to Present (Raphael, Dante, Galileo, Colombus, Galen, Fidia, Alexander the Great, Socrates, Canova,…
Andrea Appiani (Milan 1754 – 1817) Study for the Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais 1790 ca. Pencil on paper, 210 x 315 mm Inscribed backside: “Originale del Cav. Andrea Appiani / Michele Bisi” Verso: Portrait of a Standing Woman
Vincenzo Gemito (Naples 1852-1929) Selfportrait Pen, pencil on paper, 262 x 182 mm Signed and dated lower left: 1920 V Gemito
Atelier of Luigi Valadier (Rome 1726-1785) Head of a Boar on a Servizio Borghese Oval Plate 1783 ca. Pen and gray and black ink, gray brownish watercolor, on pencil; brown sand and pink watercolor for the head of the boar, 414 x 557 mm
Antonio Mancini (1852 Albano Laziale – 1930 Rome) Self-portrait Charcoal on paper, mounted on canvas Provenance: private collection
(1765 Treviglio – 1799 Florence) Jupiter, Before the Entreaties of Cupid, Announces to the Gods Inscribed in the Roll of the Muses the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche Florence, 1798 Pen and ink, traces of pencil, highlights in white lead, tempera and watercolour on paper, 968 x 967mm Private collection
Francesco Hayez (Venice 1791 – Milan 1882) Study of a Sitting Female Figure in Profile with Renaissance Costume and of a Detail of Hands Holding a Letter; 1850-60 ca.; Black and brown pencil, white lead, chalk on grey primed paper, 48 x 33 mm
Francesco Hayez (Venice 1791 – Milan 1882) Study of a Head, Hands and Drapery of a Female Figure with Renissance Costume; 1850-60 ca.; Black and brown pencil, white lead, chalk on grey primed paper, 33 x 24,5 mm