Mario Mafai – Vase of dahlias with bunch of grapes

Mario Mafai (Rome 1902-1965) Vase of dahlias with bunch of grapes 1954 Oil on canvas, 66 x 50 cm Signed and dated bottom right: “Mafai 54” Provenance: Rome, private collection   The painting’s changed colours recall the constant expressive flair of the artist, protagonist with Scipione and his wife Antonietta Raphael of an eccentric line…

Filippo Tagliolini – Portrait of Sir William Hamilton

Filippo Tagliolini  Fogliano di Cascia 1745–Naples 1809  Portrait of Sir William Hamilton  1781- 1783  Rectangular terracotta plaque, 43.5 × 30 cm  Coeval frame in veneered wood, probably southern  Provenance: Naples, private collection    Sir William Hamilton, Plenipotentiary Ambassador of His Britannic Majesty to the Kingdom of Naples, is depicted in profile, facing to the left and attired in full dress…

Sacchi: saint

Bortolo Sacchi – Selfportrait as a Saint

Bortolo Sacchi (Venice 1892- Bassano 1978) Self-Portrait as a Saint 1920 c. Tempera on cardboard, 69 x 51 cm On the back, in a scroll glued to the frame: “Nihil nisi divinum” Bibliography: Dal Canton, Stringa 2000, p. 87, no.17 Exhibition: Bortolo Sacchi 1892-1978, Bassano, Palazzo Bonaguro, September – November 2000 Provenance: Veneto, private collection…

callegari tasinato

Adolfo Callegari – Portrait of Gino Tasinato

Adolfo Callegari (Padua 1882-ArquĂ  Petrarca 1948) Portrait of Signor Tasinato (Portrait of Gino Tasinato), 1912 Oil on canvas, 76 x 60 cm On the back “O.F.B.F / estate 1912”, “esposto a Venezia a CĂ  Pesaro”, “dipinto di Adolfo Callegari ritratto del sig. Tasinato Gino all’epoca” (“O.F.B.F / summer 1912”, “exhibited in Venice at CĂ  Pesaro”, “painted by…

Favre: archeologo Schliemann

Maurice Constant Favre – Bust of Heinrich Schliemann

Maurice Constant Favre (Saint Maurice 1875 – Paris 1919) Portrait of Heinrich Schliemann (Neubukow 1822 – Naples 1890) 1918 Marble, 75 x 100 x 63 cm Signed and dated lower right on the base: “MAURICE FAVRE 1918” Provenance: Paris, private collection. Archives consulted: Paris, MusĂ©e d’Orsay; Boulogne Billancourt, MusĂ©e des AnnĂ©es Trente; Neubukow, Schliemann Museum;…

Kaeshmann: portrait

Josef Kähsmann – Francis I of Austria

Josef Kähsmann Vienna 1784-1856 Francis I of Austria 1826 Marble, h 54 x 24 x 20 cm Signed on the right: “KI (monogram) Romae 1826” Provenance: Rome, private collection     This portrait bust of Emperor Francis I was executed in 1826 in Rome and was made by the neo-classical sculptor Josef Kähsmann (1784-1856). Born…

Joseph Deym von StříteĹľ and Leonhard Posch – Sir William Hamilton

Joseph MĂĽller Deym Wognitz 1752–Prague 1804 and Leonhard Posch FĂĽgen, Austria 1750–Berlin 1831 William Hamilton 1793 Polychrome wax, within a leaded glass case on a Portoro Buono marble plinth, h 39 cm (with gilded pedestal) Inscribed on back: “S.W. HAMILTON” Provenance: Naples, private collection   Count Joseph Deym von StrĂ­tez (Wognitz 1752 – Prague 1804)…

Alberto Gerardi, Vittorio Zecchin – Flower vase holder

Alberto Gerardi (Roma 1889-1965) Vittorio Zecchin, for Cappellin Venini & C., Murano (Murano 1878-1947) Flower Vase Holder in the form of a Caprifig Tree 1920 ca. Wrought iron and glass, h 212 cm, diameter 52 cm   Bibliography and Exhibitions: I Biennale romana Esposizione nazionale di belle arti nel cinquantenario della capitale Roma, exh.  cat.,…