Alberto di Fabio – Sinapsi
Alberto di Fabio Avezzano 1966 Sinapsi • 2006 Acrilic on canvas, 89 x 72 cm Signed and dated on backside of the canvas “SINAPSI”/ Alberto di Fabio/2006
Gigiotti Zanini – The Birth of Venus
Gigiotti Zanini Vigo di Fassa 1893 – Gargnano 1962 The Birth of Venus • 1930-31 Oil on panel, 121 x 88.5 cm Signed and dated lower right “Gigiotti Zanini/1930” Bibliography and Exhibition: M. Sarfatti, Il Novecento Italiano, Lijevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, 1931, cat. 181, illustrated; M. Sarfatti, Il Novecento Italiano. Nykyaikaista italialaista taidetta. Nutida italiensk konst,…
Pietro Longhi – Harpsichord concert (The singer Gioacchino Conti detto Gizziello)
Pietro Longhi Venice 1701-1785 Harpsichord concert (The singer Gioacchino Conti detto Gizziello) • 1750 Ol on canvas, 62 x 49 cm
Fausto Vagnetti – Still life with books and vase
Fausto Vagnetti Anghiari 1876 – Rome 1954 Still life with books and vase • 1954 Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm Bibliography: Anna Maria Damigella, Fausto Vagnetti. Il disegno e la pittura, Anghiari, Centro Studi del Territorio e del Paesaggio, Città di Castello, Petruzzi, 2004, cat. 70.
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Desmarais – Illustrious Tuscans invite Elisa Baciocchi to the Government of the Duchy
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Desmarais Paris 1756 – Carrara 1813 Illustrious Tuscans invite Elisa Baciocchi to the Government of the Duchy • 1809 oil on panel, 50 x 56.5 cm Fragment of inscribed label on the back: “[…] Bartolomeo di S. Marco/Michell’A[…]/Leonardo da Vinci/9 Galileo/ 10 Machiavelli/ 11 Le Grazie/12 Il Senatorio […]/Trono/13 Le D[…] di Corte…
François-Marius Granet – Colosseum Interior
François-Marius Granet Aix-en-Provence 1775 – 1849 Interno del Colosseo • 1802 ca. oil on canvas, 99 x 75 cm For so long, artists have celebrated the majestic beauty of the Colosseum, the Roman amphitheatre built in the time of Emperor Titus (79-81). For so long, painted views have reflected the fascination for that grandiose elliptical…
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 × 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 à 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
Gabriele Smargiassi – View of the Gulf of Naples from the Terrace of the Royal Palace
Gabriele Smargiassi (Vasto (CH) 1798 – Napoli 1882) Veduta del Golfo di Napoli presa dalla terrazza del Real Palazzo • 1846 Oil on canvas, 105.5 x 196 cm The view, immersed in the afternoon light, is from the terrace running along the left side of the Royal Palace of Naples, linking the first floor state…