Emanuele Cavalli – Still life with quince and vase
EMANUELE CAVALLI (Lucera 1904 – Florence 1981) Still life with quince and vase 1948 circa Oil on panel, 42 x 33.5 cm Signed lower right: Cavalli Provenance: Italy, private collection
Fortunato Depero – Dancer
Fortunato Depero (Fondo 1892-Rovereto 1960) Dancer 1915/50 circa tempera on paper, 67 x 48 cm signed and dated lower left: “Fort. Depero / Rome – 1915 ” Autograph dedication lower right: “All’amico Giampiero Giani – / editore del gusto, dell’onestà e della / fede Artistica 3.3.951 Fortunato Depero” (To my friend Giampiero Giani – /…
Cagnaccio di San Pietro (Natalino Bentivoglio Scarpa) – San Gerolamo
Cagnaccio di San Pietro (Natalino Bentivoglio Scarpa) Desenzano del Garda, 1897 – Venice, 1946 Saint Jerome • 1925-1943 Oil on canvas, 72 x 57 cm Signed and dated bottom left: = I – 1925”– 43 = / Cagnaccio / = di S. Pietro = / S.D.G. Bibliography Mostra dei primi espositori di Ca’ Pesaro (1908-1920),…
Giambattista Pittoni – Crucifixion with Saint Agnes and Trinitarian Saints
Giambattista Pittoni Venice 1687 – 1767 Crucifixion with Saint Agnes and Trinitarian Saints • 1730/40 ca. olio on canvas, 62×33,2 cm Bibliography: Zava Boccazzi 1974, p. 200, fig. 265; Zava Boccazzi 1979, p. 156, n. 168, fig. 470. This small grisaille on the original canvas, in a perfect state of conservation, was made known by…
Giuseppe Gandolfo – Self-portrait in Shakespearean (or Van Dick) costume
Giuseppe Gandolfo Catania 1792-1855 Self-portrait in Shakespearean (or Van Dick) costume • 1815-20 ca. Oil on canvas, 102 x 82 cm
Martin Knoller – Portrait of Giuseppe Piermarini
Martin Knoller Steinach am Brenner 1725-Milan 1804 Portrait of Giuseppe Piermarini • 1779 Olio on panel, 72,3 x 56,3 cm Signed and dated: “Martin Knoller Pinxit 1779” Labels on backside: “Comune di Firenze/Mostra del Ritratto italiano 1911/C.te Dott. Tommaso Valenti/Trevi”; “Mostra del Giardino Italiano, Firenze 1931-IX, Inventario 1088” Bibliography and exhibitions: Mostra del Ritratto italiano…
Johann Liss – Sleeping Nymph
Johann Liss Oldenburg 1595/97-Verona1631 Sleeping Nymph • 1619-25 Oil on canvas, 67,5 x 43,5 cm This exquisite painting of a sensual female figure asleep might portray a nymph, considering the rustic setting, while the detail in the top right, a nocturnal gleam, could suggest it is Ariadne asleep, abandoned by Theseus on the island of…
Giacomo Massa – Adoration of the Child
Giacomo Massa Rome 1596-post 1635 Adoration of the Child • Oil on canvas 99.2 x 136 cm The Adoration of the Child, depicted at night, with Mary, Joseph, Jesus in the manger and a pair of angels in the background whose wings can just be made out in the half-light, is the work of Giacomo…
Angelo Modotto – Self-portrait
ANGELO MODOTTO (Udine 1900 -1968) Self-portrait 1936 Oil on paper on canvas, 57 x 43.5 cm Provenance: Italy, private collection
Roberto Melli – The Worker
ROBERTO MELLI (Ferrara 1885 – Rome 1958) The Worker 1940 Oil on canvas, 70 x 60 cm Provenance: Rome, Luisa and Giuseppe Natale collection; Rome, Pasquale Natale collection Bibliography: Roberto Melli, exh. cat., Ferrara, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna Palazzo dei Diamanti, text by Rossana Bossaglia, Ferrara 1975, cat. 63; Roberto Melli, presentation of Antonio Del…