Gerardo Dottori (Perugia, 1884-1977) Portrait of the Futurist Poet Alberto Presenzini Mattoli Pencil and pastels on paper The practice of drawing – in pencil, pen, Indian ink, pastels and even with a biro – was for Gerardo Dottori a constant throughout his long artistic career. Within this technique cum language, the portrait has a privileged…
Guglielmo Janni (Rome 1882-1958) Fragment (Sacred Composition) Circa 1939 Oil on canvas affixed to panel, 38.5 × 27.5 cm Inscription on the back: Head Print: This painting is the work of the painter Guglielmo Janni. (In marker pen) circa 1930 / In faith: / Libero de Libero / Romeo Lucchese / Alberto Ziveri / Rome,…
Salvatore Fergola (Naples 1799-1874) Grotta Bonea at Cava dei Tirreni Circa 1830 Oil on canvas, 20.2 × 16 cm Signed on back of canvas, in pen: “Fergola” Provenance: Rome, private collection Among the canonical destinations of nineteenth century landscape painting in Naples, the cave Grotta Bonea is situated on the route that led to the famous and agreeable sanctuary of Avvocatella near Cava, and was considered a picturesque subject due to the presence of wild, rocky terrain, ancient ruins…
Gaetano de Simone Naples 1747–circa 1822 Portrait of the astronomer Giuseppe Cassella (Cusano Mutri 1755-Naples 1808) 1789 Oil on canvas, 66 × 52 cm Signed and dated on the back of the frame, top: “Gaetano De Simone 1789 Napoli”; lower left: “Gaetano De Simoni” Provenance: Italy, private collection Gaetano De Simone was rediscovered only recently as a protagonist of aristocratic Neapolitan…
Jacob More (Edinburgh 1740-Rome 1793) View of Lake Nemi, known as Speculum Dianae in ancient times circa 1780 Oil on canvas, 70.5 × 94.5 cm Old collection label on the frame: “N.5 Italian Landscape Jacob More” Provenance: Holland, private collection; Rome, private collection “The finest painter of air since Claude” according to Joshua Reynolds,…
Alessandro Castelli (Rome 1809-1902) Garibaldi camped with soldiers of the Italian Legion at Villa Doria Pamphilj, perhaps after the retreat of the French forces under General Oudinot on the night of 30 April 1849 1849 Oil on canvas, 47 × 37 cm Signed bottom right: “Castelli” Old label on back of frame: “Garibaldi in 1849”…
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…
Teodoro Matteini (Pistoia, 1754 – Venice, 1831) Portrait of a Young Woman with a Medallion 1797 Oil on canvas, 67 x 49.5 cm Signed and dated bottom right: “Teodoro Matteini / f.[fece] in Berg.[amo] / 1797” Provenance: Bergamo, Davide Cugini collection; Bologna, Eugenio Busmanti collection In the shade of a woody scene, that…
Vittorio Zecchin (Venice 1878 -1947) Boat’s wheels of Romagna 1915-20 ca., lean oil on panel, 63 x 63 cm Inscribed and signed backside: Timoni / Romagnoli / V. Zecchin
Adolfo Callegari (Padua 1882-Arquà 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 Cà Pesaro”, “dipinto di Adolfo Callegari ritratto del sig. Tasinato Gino all’epoca” (“O.F.B.F / summer 1912”, “exhibited in Venice at Cà Pesaro”, “painted by…