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Medardo Rosso (Turin 1858 – Milan 1928) Birichino or Gavroche; 1887-88; bronze, Bronze, height 29.7 cm, with a small screwed plate, fused with the sculpture, on a base formed by a reworked fragment of an antique base in breccia marble, height 13.8 cm. Under the base are glued two old labels, a rectangular one on…
Lorenzo Bartolini Savignano di Prato 1777-Florence 1850) George Gordon VI Duke of Byron 1822 Dried raw clay (terracruda), h 50 cm Provenance: Milan, private collection From the sources we know that on January 3, 1822 Byron, then in Pisa, posed for Bartolini who had expressed a wish to do his portrait. The poet…
Romano Dazzi (Rome 1905–La Lima, Pistoia 1976) Portrait of the Boxer Jack Johnson (Galveston 1878-Raleigh 1946) 1938 Polychrome ceramic, Manufacture Cantagalli Firenze (attribuited to), h. 48.5 cm Signed and dated under base: “F.RE DAZZI 1938” Provenance: Italy, private collection
Vincenzo Gemito (Naples 1852 – 1929) Head of Medusa 1920 ca. Gilded bronze, h. 18 cm Signed on back side: Gemito
Caterina de Julianis (Naples ca. 1670–1743) Penitent Magdalene 1717 Polychrome wax, painted paper, glass, tempera on paper and other materials, 21.5 Ă— 27 cm, within the original gilded and ebonized frame, 53.7 Ă— 59 cm, sealed on the back with lead leaf Signed and dated on the lower left: “Caterina de Julianis F. 1717” Provenance:…
Lawrence MacDonald (Findo Gask, Scotland 1799 – Rome 1878) Cupid Ruling Apollo’s Swan (Allegory of the Amorous Poetry) 1840 ca.; marble, h. cm 100, signed on a wing: “L. MACDONALD”, provenance: Italy, descendants of the artist
Giuseppe Sanmartino, attributed to (Naples 1720 – 1793) Couple of Figures in Chinoiserie: Female Figure at the Mirror, Male Figure with Mirror and Mask 1770 ca. Marble, gildings, height 80 cm Provenance: San Giorgio a Cremano, Naples, Villa Bruno; Rome, Bruno family These unique marble statuettes – of two people whose features, hairstyle…
Umberto Pinzauti (Florence 1886–Ravenna 1960) Vase: “Welcome Spring…” Circa 1915 Bronze with wooden base, h 27.3 cm Inscription in centre of vase: Ben venga maggio e l gonfalon selvaggio, ben venga primavera che vuol l’uom s’innamori (Welcome May and the flowering boughs, welcome Spring so that man falls in love). On side of base: Paying tribute to the President, united youth offers this with affection. Signed on base: Pinzauti Provenance: Rome, private collection  Attentive to the impact of Viennese Liberty, in 1909 he carries out the pictorial decorations of the newly–built small villa–cum-studio of Galileo Chini, in Florence. These…
Domenico Rambelli (Faenza 1886-Rome 1972) Head of the dying infantryman for the Viareggio War Memorial 1927 Bronze, h 35 cm Dedicated and signed on the base: “ALL’ON. CARLO SCORZA DRITTA SPADA DIFENDITRICE DELL’OPERA PIÙ MONUMENTALE DI PENSIERO E FORMA ALZATA AI CADUTI PER LA PATRIA D. RAMBELLI” Provenance: Rome, private collection
Not available Arrigo Minerbi (Ferrara 1881-Padua 1960) On the Ruins of Verdun 1915-1920 Marble, 67,8 x 41 x 25,5 cm signed and dated on the base, right: “Arrigo Minerbi 1920” Provenance: Milan, private collection Bibliography: A. Minerbi, Arrigo Minerbi. Pensieri, confessioni, ricordi, Milan s.d. [but 1953], tav.3, dated 1915; La Grande Guerra. Arte e…
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