Armando Spadini – Self-portrait in armour

Armando Spadini Poggio a Cajano (Florence) 1883 – Rome 1925 Self-portrait in armour • 1902 Oil on cardboard applied on canvas, 66 Ă— 57 cm Backside, ancient label referring to the monograph by  Adolfo Venturi and Emilio Cecchi of 1927; label of exhibition Armando Spadini, Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, 1983-1984 and of Bruno Tartaglia, lender…

Emilio Praga – The drawned

Emilio Praga Gorla 1839-Milan 1875 The Drawned • 1870 ca. Oil on panel, 12.3 x 16,4 cm Signed in brush lower left: “Praga” Backside inscribed in brush: “Ocra, biacca, grigio e nero / Si son messi in comunela / Sovra un briciolo di tela / Come i corvi in cimitero / L’ocra Ă  messo ai…

Francesco Olivucci – Selfportrait

Francesco Olivucci Forlì 1899 – 1985 Selfportrait • 1938 ca. Pastel and smudge on paper, 590 x 495 mm Bibliography: Disegni e cartoni di Francesco Olivucci. Dall’idea al progetto monumentale, exhibition catalogue edited by E. M. Costantini, Galleria Carlo Virgilio & C., Rome 2023, cat. 10

Paola Consolo – Selfportrait

Paola Consolo (Venice 1908 – Milan 1933) Selfportrait • 1932 oil on canvas,  100 x 80 cm (with frame 118 x 97) Signed and dated lower right: “Paola Consolo 32” Bibliography and exhibitions XVIII. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della cittĂ  di Venezia, Venice, 1932, exh. cat., Venezia 1932, p. 107, photo at p. 97 of illustration;…

Giovanni Colacicchi – The Drunkenness of Noah

Giovanni Colacicchi (Anagni 1900-Firenze 1992) L’ebbrezza di Noè 1955 Olio su tela, cm 97 x 155 Provenienza: collezione famiglia Colacicchi Esposizioni: 1961, Firenze, Galleria Santacroce, n. 31; 1966, Roma, Galleria La Barcaccia, n 14; 1966, Montecatini, Galleria La Barcaccia, n. 16; 1967, Torino, Galleria Piemonte Artistico Culturale, n. 35; 1972, Firenze, Galleria La Gradiva, n.…

Matthias Stom – Incredulity of St. Thomas

Matthias Stom Netherlands, circa 1600 – Northern Italy (?), post 1645 Incredulity of St. Thomas • 1630/40 ca. oil on canvas, 99.5 x 74.5 cm Caravaggesque theme par excellence – Merisi’s famous prototype, today in Potsdam, was taken on as the manifesto of his pictorial method, based on the restitution of the sacred and mythological…

Guido Marussig – Bread and Water

Guido Marussig (Trieste 1885-Gorizia 1972) Bread and water 1934 Oil on canvas on cardboard, 44.5 x 54.5 cm Signed and dated lower right: GUIDO / MARUSSIG / 1934 On the reverse, label: Teatro della Scala di Milano (ente autonomo) / Palazzo Clerici / Mostra di Pittura / 1 ottobre – 30 ottobre 1944 / Autore:…