Antonietta RaphaĂ«l – Portrait of Mario Mafai

Antonietta RaphaĂ«l Kaunas, Lituania 1895-Rome 1975 Portrait of Mario Mafai (The reading man) • 1928 Oil on canvas, 45 x 35 cm Titled upper left: “Mario che legge” Signed lower left, in vertical: “RAPHAEL” Localized and dated lower right, in vertical: “Roma [28?]” Labels on the backside: “Raphael/L’uomo che legge (Ritratto di Mafai), 1928”; 32…

Giulio Aristide Sartorio – Sphinx / Scylla and Charybdis

Giulio Aristide Sartorio Rome 1860-1932 Sphinx / Scylla and Charybdis • 1890-95 ca. mixed technique on prepared paper, 290 x 300 mm GAS monogram at bottom left Bibliography: Scilla e Cariddi. Pubblicazione dell’Associazione della Stampa Periodica Italiana a beneficio del Patronato Regina Elena per gli orfani del terremoto, Roma 1909, illustrato al quarto di copertina;…

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…

Duilio Cambellotti – Vase with Does

Duilio Cambellotti Rome 1876 – 1960 Vase with does • 1903-6 Bronzo, altezza 23 cm Coeval exhibitions: LXXVII Esposizione Internazionale di Belle Arti, SocietĂ  degli Amatori e Cultori di Belle Arti, Roma 1907; Esposizione Internazionale, Mostra delle Scuole per i contadini dell’Agro Romano, Roma 1911. Bibliography: E. Agostinoni, Duilio Cambellotti, in “Il Secolo XX”, a.…

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…