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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…

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,…

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 × 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…

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…

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…