Sacchi: saint

Bortolo Sacchi – Selfportrait as a Saint

Bortolo Sacchi (Venice 1892- Bassano 1978) Self-Portrait as a Saint 1920 c. Tempera on cardboard, 69 x 51 cm On the back, in a scroll glued to the frame: “Nihil nisi divinum” Bibliography: Dal Canton, Stringa 2000, p. 87, no.17 Exhibition: Bortolo Sacchi 1892-1978, Bassano, Palazzo Bonaguro, September – November 2000 Provenance: Veneto, private collection…

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Adolfo Callegari – Portrait of Gino Tasinato

Adolfo Callegari (Padua 1882-ArquĂ  Petrarca 1948) Portrait of Signor Tasinato (Portrait of Gino Tasinato), 1912 Oil on canvas, 76 x 60 cm On the back “O.F.B.F / estate 1912”, “esposto a Venezia a CĂ  Pesaro”, “dipinto di Adolfo Callegari ritratto del sig. Tasinato Gino all’epoca” (“O.F.B.F / summer 1912”, “exhibited in Venice at CĂ  Pesaro”, “painted by…

Gaspare Landi – Bianca Milesi

Gaspare Landi (Piacenza 1756-1830) Bianca Milesi 1811-1814 Oil on canvas, 61 x 48.5 cm On the back of the original canvas, apocryphal Appiani initials: “AA” Provenance: Rome, artist’s collection; Rome, Pietr’Antonio Landi, from 1830; Milan, private collection. Bibliography: Mellini 2000, pp. 74, 116, fig. 22; Mellini 2004, p. 45, 58. Identified from an archive photograph…

Gaetano Forte – Portrait of a Flute Player

Gaetano Forte (Salerno 1790 – Naples 1871) Portrait of a Flute Player 1813-1816 Oil on paper on canvas, 24 x 25.5 cm Inscriptions: on the frame, in pencil, “Cutolo” Provenance: Naples, private collection; Rome, private collection   The subject, portrayed three-quarters while playing the flute, is seen in an enclosed space with a grey background…

Salvator Rosa – Screaming Skull

Salvator Rosa Naples 1615-Rome 1673   Screaming Skull 1640 – 1645 ca.   Oil on canvas, 24 x 19.3 cm     This small canvas portrays a skull in the act of screaming (or snearing), with its mouth open wide and tufts of grey hair attached to the head. Rendered with rapid strokes of thick…

Francesco Hayez – Young nun. Life Study

Francesco Hayez Venice 1791 – Milan 1882 Young nun. Life Study, 1879 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 50.7 cm   Inscribed, signed and dated on the back of the left hand chair: “Studio dal vero //Franc.° Hayez / fece nell’ etĂ  di 89 anni / 1879” “Life Study //Franc.° Hayez / aged 89 years /…

Giuseppe Errante – Selfportrait

Giuseppe Errante Trapani 1760-Rome 1821 Self-portrait 1790 ca. Oil on canvas, 93 x 69 cm   On the typewritten cartouche glued on the back of the canvas: “AUTORITRATTO ERRANTE GIUSEPPE / da Trapani, nato nel 1760, morto nel 1821 a Roma / amico del Bossi a Milano ove dimorò. / Dipinse a fresco a Civitavecchia…

Andrea Appiani – The Companions of Europa Garland the Bull

ANDREA APPIANI Milan 1754-1817 The Companions of Europa Garland the Bull ca. 1784-1786 Tempera on canvas, 190 Ă— 135 cm Provenance: Milan, Palazzo Castelbarco, Carlo Ercole Castelbarco, marquis of Cislago; Milan, Palazzo Silva, count Ercole Silva, from 1808 ca.; Cinisello, Villa Silva, count Girolamo Ghirlanda Silva, from 1840; Maria Celeste Camilla BiandrĂ  Trecchi Ghirlanda Silva…

Andrea Appiani – Europa Sits on the Back of the Bull

ANDREA APPIANI Milan 1754-1817 Europa Sits on the Back of the Bull ca. 1784-1786 Tempera on canvas, 190 Ă— 135 cm Provenance: Milan, Palazzo Castelbarco, Carlo Ercole Castelbarco, marquis of Cislago; Milan, Palazzo Silva, count Ercole Silva, from 1808 ca.; Cinisello, Villa Silva, count Girolamo Ghirlanda Silva, from 1840; Maria Celeste Camilla BiandrĂ  Trecchi Ghirlanda…