Irene Valentini Sala – Two Young Guitar Players
Irene Valentini Sala (Milan 1864-1934) Two Young Guitar Players 1932 Oil on plywood, cm 130,3 × 100,3 Signed and dated lower left: “I. Valentini Roma 1932.X” Provenance: Rome, private collection
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Elica Balla – Inspiration
Elica Balla Rome 1914-1995 Inspiration 1941 Oil and sand on panel, 78 × 60 cm Signed bottom right: “ELICA BALLA”. Titled and dated on the back: “Inspiration / Spring 1941” Provenance: Italy, private collection Like his sister Luce, Elica carried in her name the futurist blessing of their father Giacomo, who in 1914, the year of her birth, introduced…
Lombard Anonymous – Portrait of a Young Man
Lombard Anonymous (First Half of 19th Century) Portrait of a Young Man Pastel on paper, 555 × 450 mm Provenance: Milan, private collection
Galileo Chini – Self-Portrait
Galileo Chini Florence 1873-1956 Self-Portrait 1933 Oil on panel, 60 × 50 cm Signed at bottom: “GALILEO.CHINI.PIT.CER.FIORENTINO.1933” Provenance: Finarte, Rome, 28-29 April 1987; Farsetti, Prato, 10 October 1997; Rome, private collection A long way from the decorativism of a Secessionist stamp with which he passed the first decades of the twentieth century, reaching high levels of Liberty and Déco expression, in this self-portrait, with…
Mirko (Basaldella) – Portrait of Leoncillo
Mirko (Basaldella) Udine 1910-Cambridge, Mass. 1969 Portrait of Leoncillo 1953/54 Iron, 51,5 × 24,5 × 18 cm (with the plynth h 67 cm) Exhibition label on the back: “33” Provenance: Rome, private collection; Rome, Ovidio Jacorossi collection; Rome, private collection Bibliography: Barbara Tiberi, in Dal Simbolismo all’Astrazione. Il primo Novecento a Roma nella collezione Jacorossi, edited by Enrico Crispolti, Rome 2017, pp. 140-141. Exhibition: Rome, Musia, 1 dicembre 2017 – 1 gennaio 2018, Dal Simbolismo all’astrazione. Il primo Novecento a Roma nella…
Gerardo Dottori – Portrait of the Futurist Poet Alberto Presenzini Mattoli
Gerardo Dottori (Perugia, 1884-1977) Portrait of the Futurist Poet Alberto Presenzini Mattoli Pencil and pastels on paper The practice of drawing – in pencil, pen, Indian ink, pastels and even with a biro – was for Gerardo Dottori a constant throughout his long artistic career. Within this technique cum language, the portrait has a privileged…
Guglielmo Janni – Fragment (Sacred Composition)
Guglielmo Janni (Rome 1882-1958) Fragment (Sacred Composition) Circa 1939 Oil on canvas affixed to panel, 38.5 × 27.5 cm Inscription on the back: Head Print: This painting is the work of the painter Guglielmo Janni. (In marker pen) circa 1930 / In faith: / Libero de Libero / Romeo Lucchese / Alberto Ziveri / Rome,…
Giovanni David – Episode of Ancient History
GIOVANNI DAVID (Cabella 1743 – Genoa 1790) Episode of Ancient History 1780 ca. White and yellow tempera, grey and brownish watercolor, black ink pen, 210 x 320 mm Provenance: Rome, private collection
Salvatore Fergola – Grotta Bonea at Cava dei Tirreni
Salvatore Fergola (Naples 1799-1874) Grotta Bonea at Cava dei Tirreni Circa 1830 Oil on canvas, 20.2 × 16 cm Signed on back of canvas, in pen: “Fergola” Provenance: Rome, private collection Among the canonical destinations of nineteenth century landscape painting in Naples, the cave Grotta Bonea is situated on the route that led to the famous and agreeable sanctuary of Avvocatella near Cava, and was considered a picturesque subject due to the presence of wild, rocky terrain, ancient ruins…
Jacob More – View of the lake Nemi
Jacob More (Edinburgh 1740-Rome 1793) View of Lake Nemi, known as Speculum Dianae in ancient times circa 1780 Oil on canvas, 70.5 × 94.5 cm Old collection label on the frame: “N.5 Italian Landscape Jacob More” Provenance: Holland, private collection; Rome, private collection “The finest painter of air since Claude” according to Joshua Reynolds,…