Gaetano Monti of Milan – Arabian Horse

Gaetano Monti of Milan Milano 1751– 1827 Arabian Horse • 19th century Plaster cast from the artist’s prototype, patinated and placed on a revolving iron base, 58 Ă— 60 Ă— 15 cm Another specimen, belonged to Gabriele D’Annunzio, is in Gardone, Vittoriale degli Italiani, see Andrea Bacchi, Il cavallo arabo di Gaetano Monti di Milano…

Jean-Baptiste FrĂ©dĂ©ric Desmarais – Illustrious Tuscans invite Elisa Baciocchi to the Government of the Duchy

Jean-Baptiste FrĂ©dĂ©ric Desmarais Paris 1756 –  Carrara 1813 Illustrious Tuscans invite Elisa Baciocchi to the Government of the Duchy • 1809 oil on panel, 50 x 56.5 cm Fragment of inscribed label on the back: “[…] Bartolomeo di S. Marco/Michell’A[…]/Leonardo da Vinci/9 Galileo/ 10 Machiavelli/ 11 Le Grazie/12 Il Senatorio […]/Trono/13 Le D[…] di Corte…

François-Marius Granet – Colosseum Interior

François-Marius Granet Aix-en-Provence 1775 – 1849 Interno del Colosseo • 1802 ca. oil on canvas, 99 x 75 cm For so long, artists have celebrated the majestic beauty of the Colosseum, the Roman amphitheatre built in the time of Emperor Titus (79-81). For so long, painted views have reflected the fascination for that grandiose elliptical…

Melchior Barthel – Satyr

Melchior Barthel Dresden 1625 – 1672 Satyr • 1662 white Carrara marble, h. 53.5 cm Provenance: bought in Venice for Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria; described in the inventory of the collection of Archiduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria  (A. Berger, Inventar und Kunstsammlung …, “Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien”, 1, 1883, p. CLXXVI, n. 514l);…

Armando Spadini – Self-portrait in armour

Armando Spadini Poggio a Cajano (Florence) 1883 – Rome 1925 Self-portrait in armour • 1902 Oil on cardboard applied on canvas, 66 Ă— 57 cm Backside, ancient label referring to the monograph by  Adolfo Venturi and Emilio Cecchi of 1927; label of exhibition Armando Spadini, Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, 1983-1984 and of Bruno Tartaglia, lender…