Giuseppe Errante – Selfportrait

Giuseppe Errante Trapani 1760-Rome 1821 Self-portrait 1790 ca. Oil on canvas, 93 x 69 cm   On the typewritten cartouche glued on the back of the canvas: “AUTORITRATTO ERRANTE GIUSEPPE / da Trapani, nato nel 1760, morto nel 1821 a Roma / amico del Bossi a Milano ove dimorò. / Dipinse a fresco a Civitavecchia…

Andrea Appiani – The Companions of Europa Garland the Bull

ANDREA APPIANI Milan 1754-1817 The Companions of Europa Garland the Bull ca. 1784-1786 Tempera on canvas, 190 Ă— 135 cm Provenance: Milan, Palazzo Castelbarco, Carlo Ercole Castelbarco, marquis of Cislago; Milan, Palazzo Silva, count Ercole Silva, from 1808 ca.; Cinisello, Villa Silva, count Girolamo Ghirlanda Silva, from 1840; Maria Celeste Camilla BiandrĂ  Trecchi Ghirlanda Silva…

Andrea Appiani – Europa Sits on the Back of the Bull

ANDREA APPIANI Milan 1754-1817 Europa Sits on the Back of the Bull ca. 1784-1786 Tempera on canvas, 190 Ă— 135 cm Provenance: Milan, Palazzo Castelbarco, Carlo Ercole Castelbarco, marquis of Cislago; Milan, Palazzo Silva, count Ercole Silva, from 1808 ca.; Cinisello, Villa Silva, count Girolamo Ghirlanda Silva, from 1840; Maria Celeste Camilla BiandrĂ  Trecchi Ghirlanda…

Andrea Appiani – Europa Abducted by the Bull through the Waves

ANDREA APPIANI Milan 1754-1817 Europa Abducted by the Bull through the Waves ca. 1784-1786 Tempera on canvas, 190 Ă— 135 cm Provenance: Milan, Palazzo Castelbarco, Carlo Ercole Castelbarco, marquis of Cislago; Milan, Palazzo Silva, count Ercole Silva, from 1808 ca.; Cinisello, Villa Silva, count Girolamo Ghirlanda Silva, from 1840; Maria Celeste Camilla BiandrĂ  Trecchi Ghirlanda…