Xavier Bueno Vera de Bidasoa, Spain 1915-Fiesole 1979 Self-Portrait 1947 Oil on canvas on panel, 45 x 34 cm Signed and dated: Xavier Bueno 1947 Provenance: Milan, private collection Painted in 1947, Self-Portrait coincides perfectly with the idea of ‘reality’ pursued by Xavier Bueno, who in the same year developed it to create,…
Renato Tomassi (Subiaco [Rome] 1884 – Rome 1972) Portrait at the Front 1918 Oil on canvas, 90 x 60 cm Signed, upper left: “RT” Provenance: Italy, heirs Tomassi Bibliography: Renato Tomassi the painter der Maler (1884-1972), ed. By F. Domestici and F. Tomassi, Florence 1999, cat. X; Renato Tomassi (1884-1972). Dalle Secessioni al Realismo magico,…
Ottavio Leoni (Rome 1578-1630) Conversation Piece 1598 ca. Oil on copper, 29,7 x 38,9 cm Provenance: Forlì, private collection
Roberto Melli (Ferrara 1885 – 1958) Portrait of the Poet Sebastiano Carta 1940 Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm Signed, lower right: “Melli” Provenance: Rome, L’attico galleria d’arte; Rome, Pier Demetrio Ferrero collection; Rome, private collection Bibliography: Mostra commemorativa di Roberto Melli, exh. cat., Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, ed. by N. Ponente,…
Marco Palmezzano (Forlì 1459 – 1539) Christ Carrying the Cross 1520-25 ca. Tempera, oil on panel; 68 x 54.5 cm Signed lower left: “Marcus Palmezanus Pictor forlivensis faciebat” Provenance: Family of the counts Alighieri di Serego, in Venetian and Umbrian properties until the 1980s; Forlì, private collection Bibliography: V. Sgarbi (ed. by), Le meraviglie della…
Francesco Hayez (Venice 1791 – Milan 1882) Model of the Triumphant Athlete for the Concorso Canova, also called of the Anonymous, of 1813; 1813; oil on canvassed paper, 61,5 x 49,5 cm; provenance: private collection
Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615-Rome 1673) St. Paul the Hermit Oil on canvas, 199 x 188.5 cm Provenance: Germany, provate collection Bibliography: G. Porzio, “Centuries to Escape into Theban Desert”. A new St Paul the Hermit by Salvator Rosa, ex. cat. Tefaf New York Fall, Galleria Carlo Virgilio & C., Rome 2016.
Umberto Pinzauti (Florence 1886–Ravenna 1960) Vase: “Welcome Spring…” Circa 1915 Bronze with wooden base, h 27.3 cm Inscription in centre of vase: Ben venga maggio e l gonfalon selvaggio, ben venga primavera che vuol l’uom s’innamori (Welcome May and the flowering boughs, welcome Spring so that man falls in love). On side of base: Paying tribute to the President, united youth offers this with affection. Signed on base: Pinzauti Provenance: Rome, private collection Attentive to the impact of Viennese Liberty, in 1909 he carries out the pictorial decorations of the newly–built small villa–cum-studio of Galileo Chini, in Florence. These…
Faustino Joli (Brescia, 1814 – 1876) Episode from the Ten Days of Brescia. The San Barnaba Barricade, March 31,1849 oil on canvas, 33 x 46 cm right: “CONTRADA DELLO SGUAZZO / BRESCIA IL GIORNO 31 MARZO / 1849” Provenance: Brescia, Count Filippo Salvadego collection (1934); Brescia, private collection Exposition: Brescia, 1934, cat. 141 Bibliography: Mostra…
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…
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