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
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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,…
Giuseppe Bossi – Symposium and figures studies
Giuseppe Bossi (Busto Arsizio 1777-Milan 1815) Scene of an ancient style symposium, with self-portrait in the centre (recto) Study of head and figures reclining at the banquet (verso) circa 1810 Pen and pencil on paper, 445 × 580 mm Rubber-stamped in the centre: “BOSSI” Provenance: Milan private collection Depicting an ancient symposium that recalls…
Alessandro Castelli – Garibaldi at Villa Doria-Pamphilj
Alessandro Castelli (Rome 1809-1902) Garibaldi camped with soldiers of the Italian Legion at Villa Doria Pamphilj, perhaps after the retreat of the French forces under General Oudinot on the night of 30 April 1849 1849 Oil on canvas, 47 × 37 cm Signed bottom right: “Castelli” Old label on back of frame: “Garibaldi in 1849”…
Mario Mafai – Vase of dahlias with bunch of grapes
Mario Mafai (Rome 1902-1965) Vase of dahlias with bunch of grapes 1954 Oil on canvas, 66 x 50 cm Signed and dated bottom right: “Mafai 54” Provenance: Rome, private collection The painting’s changed colours recall the constant expressive flair of the artist, protagonist with Scipione and his wife Antonietta Raphael of an eccentric line…
Bortolo Sacchi – Selfportrait as a Saint
Bortolo Sacchi (Venice 1892- Bassano 1978) Self-Portrait as a Saint 1920 c. Tempera on cardboard, 69 x 51 cm On the back, in a scroll glued to the frame: “Nihil nisi divinum” Bibliography: Dal Canton, Stringa 2000, p. 87, no.17 Exhibition: Bortolo Sacchi 1892-1978, Bassano, Palazzo Bonaguro, September – November 2000 Provenance: Veneto, private collection…
Adolfo Callegari – Portrait of Gino Tasinato
Adolfo Callegari (Padua 1882-Arquà Petrarca 1948) Portrait of Signor Tasinato (Portrait of Gino Tasinato), 1912 Oil on canvas, 76 x 60 cm On the back “O.F.B.F / estate 1912”, “esposto a Venezia a Cà Pesaro”, “dipinto di Adolfo Callegari ritratto del sig. Tasinato Gino all’epoca” (“O.F.B.F / summer 1912”, “exhibited in Venice at Cà Pesaro”, “painted by…
Sigmund Lipinsky – Young Girl
Sigmund Lipinsky Grudziądz 1873 – Rome 1940 Young Girl 1914 Pencil and pastel on paper, 29 x 26 cm Signed lower left «S Lipinsky Roma 14» Bibliography: Catalogo 1914, p. 51, n. 264 Exhibitions: I Esposizione Internazionale del Bianco e Nero, Firenze, 1914; Noted above all for his production in drawing, Sigmund Lipinsky was…
Laura Bellini – Portrait of a Man
Laura Bellini (Ancona 1915-Rome 1976) Portrait of a Man Oil on panel, 50.5 × 40 cm Provenance: Rome, private collection A rare work by this artist, considered one of the last exponents of the Roman School. Contributing to the Mayoral exhibitions of the years 1937, 1938 and 1940 as well as the Quadriennale of 1939 (Renato Breda, 1890-1940. Artisti e Mostre. Repertorio di pittori e incisori italiani in esposizioni nazionali, Rome 2001,…