Anton von Maron – Portrait of Thomas Jenkins

Anton von Maron (Vienna 1731 – Rome 1808) Portrait of Thomas Jenkins (1722-98) oil on canvas, 86 x 65 cm 1775-80 ca. Inscribed lower left: Thomas Jenkins Esquer [sic] Rome, provenance: Londra, Colnaghi, 1960 circa; Lucca, Hugh Honour collection Three particularly interesting points converge in the portrait being introduced here once again: stylistic, historical, and…

Ippolito Caffi – View of Naples after the Annexation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to the Kingdom of Sardinia with the Plebiscite of 1860

Ippolito Caffi (Belluno 1809 – Lissa 1866) View of Naples after the Annexation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to the Kingdom of Sardinia with the Plebiscite of 1860 tempera grassa on canvas, 170 x 265 cm, Bibliografia : A. Scarpa, in Romanticismo, catalogo della mostra, Milano, Gallerie d’Italia, a cura di F. Mazzocca, Cinisello Balsamo…

Leopold Kiesling – The Genius of the Arts

Leopold Kiesling (1770 Schönleben near Liebenau, Upper Austria – 1827 Vienna) The Genius of the Arts Unveiling Nature as Isis – Diana of Ephesus 1808-1809 marble with bronze inserts (attribuited to Wilhelm Hopfgarten and Benjamin Ludwig Jollage),  high 140 cm provenance: Count Ferdinand Palffy de Erdoed (1774-1840), in 1821; Prince Johann II von Liechtenstein (1840-1929),…

Pio Fedi – Rape of Polyxena

Pio Fedi (1816 Viterbo -1892 Florence) Rape of Polyxena 1855 ca. sketch model in terracotta for the Loggia dei Lanzi group in Florence, mounted on a wooden pedestal with reliefs in black lacquered plaster, 41.5 high, base 62.5 cm Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence