Luis Serrano – Apple
Luis Serrano (Madrid 1953) Apple • 2022 Oil on canvas, 25×25 cm
Felice Giani – Samson destroying the Philistine Temple
Felice Giani (San Sebastiano Curone, Alessandria 1758 – Rome 1823) 1800-1810 circa Samson destroying the Philistine Temple Black ink pen, brownish ink watercolor on paper 520 x 405 mm Inscribed lower center: “Sansone”
Luis Serrano – Nails
Luis Serrano (Madrid 1953) Nails • 2022 Oil on canvas, 40×35 cm
Giuseppe Barberi – Triumph site with ruined arches
Giuseppe Barberi (Rome 1746-1809) Triumph site with ruined arches 1780-1790 circa Traces of pencil, pen and gray and brown ink watercolor on white paper, framed on blue paper, 237 x 400 mm Entitled in pen, lower left: “Sito di trionfo con archi rovinati”; numbered top right: “20” Prolific draftsman, Barberi has been defined…
Luis Serrano – Knife
Luis Serrano (Madrid 1953) Knife • 2022 Oil on canvas, 40×30 cmÂ
Giuseppe Barberi – Sepulchre of Ptolemy
Giuseppe Barberi (Rome 1746-1809) Sepulchre of Ptolemy 1780-1790 circa Traces of pencil, pen and gray and brown ink watercolor on white paper, framed on blue paper, 280 x 403 mm Entitled in pen, lower left: “Sepolcro di Tolomeo”; numbered top right: “22”  Triumph site with ruined arches 1780-1790 circa Traces of pencil, pen…
Ernesto Lapadula – Two project variants for a seaside villa in Monterosso alle Cinque Terre
Ernesto Lapadula (Pisticci 1902 – Rome 1968) Two project variants for a seaside villa in Monterosso alle Cinque Terre 1935 Pencil and colored pencil on paper, 295 x 392 mm Inscribed and signed lower right: Monterosso 23 sett 35 / lapadula Before graduating in 1931 under the guidance of Marcello Piacentini, Lapadula began his professional…
Carlo Scarpa – Chandeliers Sketches for M.V.M. Cappellin Manufacture
Carlo Scarpa (Venice 1906 – Sendai 1978) Chandeliers Sketches for M.V.M. Cappellin Manufacture, Murano 1926-28 circa graphite and watercolor on paper, 31.5 x 21.5 cm Carlo Scarpa’s collaboration with M.V.M. Cappellin began in 1926, even before he finished his studies and represents the first important episode in the Venetian architect’s career. In the glassmaker…
Carlo Scarpa – Projectual Study of Casa Veritti in Udine Floor Plan
Carlo Scarpa (Venice 1906 – Sendai 1978) Projectual study of the floor plan of Casa Veritti in Udine 1955 Pencil and colored pastels on paper, 706 x 161 mm within original wood and glass assembly by Carlo Scarpa Signed and dated, with the inscription running from right to left: “Villa Veritti in Udine 17.XI.1955 disegnato…
Giovanni David – Birth of the Virgin
Giovanni David (Cabella 1743 – Genoa 1790) Birth of the Virgin 1784-1785 Black ink pen, polychrome watercolors, tempera on paper, 507 x 485 mm Provenance: Rome, private collection Executed in pandant with Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple, it is presumably the presentation drawing for the commission of the Birth of the Vergin for…