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Guglielmo Janni – Fragment (Sacred Composition)

Guglielmo Janni (Rome 1882-1958)  Fragment (Sacred Composition)  Circa 1939  Oil on canvas affixed to panel, 38.5 Ă— 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,…

Fergola: Cava dei Tirreni

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 Ă— 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 Ă— 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 Ă— 37 cm Signed bottom right: “Castelli” Old label on back of frame: “Garibaldi in 1849”…

Sacchi: saint

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…

callegari tasinato

Adolfo Callegari – Portrait of Gino Tasinato

Adolfo Callegari (Padua 1882-ArquĂ  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 CĂ  Pesaro”, “dipinto di Adolfo Callegari ritratto del sig. Tasinato Gino all’epoca” (“O.F.B.F / summer 1912”, “exhibited in Venice at CĂ  Pesaro”, “painted by…

Lipinsky

Sigmund Lipinsky – Young Girl

Sigmund Lipinsky GrudziÄ…dz 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…