Galileo Chini – Self-Portrait 

Galileo Chini Florence 1873-1956  Self-Portrait  1933  Oil on panel, 60 × 50 cm  Signed at bottom: “GALILEO.CHINI.PIT.CER.FIORENTINO.1933”  Provenance: Finarte, Rome, 28-29 April 1987; Farsetti, Prato, 10 October 1997; Rome, private collection    A long way from the decorativism of a Secessionist stamp with which he passed the first decades of the twentieth century, reaching high levels of Liberty and DĂ©co expression, in this self-portrait, with…

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…

Andrea Appiani – Europa Abducted by the Bull through the Waves

ANDREA APPIANI Milan 1754-1817 Europa Abducted by the Bull through the Waves 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…