Luigi Galli – Evil Clinging to Humanity

Luigi Galli (Milan 1820-Rome 1900)  Evil Clinging to Humanity  Circa 1885  Oil on canvas, 60 × 39 cm   Provenance: Rome, private collection     Initiated to the plastic neoclassicism of Luigi Sabatelli and aware of the developments of European painting, in particular in France – above all Millet and Courbet – and England – where George Frederic Watts is his main point of reference -, he develops his own particular variation of the romantic symbolist atmosphere, enveloping it in elements that…

Giovanni Battista Bissoni – Crucifix

Giovanni Battista Bissoni, called The Veneziano (Genoa 1600 – 1657) Crucifix (Alive Christ) 1630 ca. Ivory, the cross in ebonised pear wood, with silver terminals, the base in Sicilian jasper, h cm 64, total height cm 158 Provenance: Elena of Montenegro, Queen Consort of Italy (1873-1952); marquise Guglielmina Campello della Spina (born Boncompagni Ludovisi, 1881-1973),…

Arrigo Minerbi – On the Ruins of Verdun

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…

Giulio Bargellini – Annunciation

Giulio Bargellini (Florence 1875-Rome 1936)  Annunciation 1901 Oil on canvas on panel, 80 x 126 cm, with the original frame Provenance: Sculptor Antonio Maraini (Roma 1886-Firenze 1963) collection; Rome, private collection L’opera è stata presentata al Concorso Alinari del 1901 dedicato alle Storie della Vergine.

Princess Isabella Albertini de’ Medici di Ottajano (needlepainting), Marquis Filippo Petrone (painting) Portrait of the Young Gentlemen and lady di Ottajano, Serafina, Gaetanino and Ciccillo

Princess Isabella Albertini de’ Medici di Ottajano (needlepainting), Marquis Filippo Petrone (painting) Portrait of the Young Gentlemen and lady di Ottajano, Serafina, Gaetanino and Ciccillo 1814 Mixed technique, needle-painting (coloured silk thread embroidery) collage and oil painting on panel, 71 x 94.5 cm (27.9 x 37.2 in) Ancient description on backside Provenance: Rome, Natalino Sapegno…