Vincenzo Gemito – Selfportrait
Vincenzo Gemito (Naples 1852-1929) Selfportrait Pen, pencil on paper, 262 x 182 mm Signed and dated lower left: 1920 V Gemito
Atelier of Luigi Valadier – Head of a Boar
Atelier of Luigi Valadier (Rome 1726-1785) Head of a Boar on a Servizio Borghese Oval Plate 1783 ca. Pen and gray and black ink, gray brownish watercolor, on pencil; brown sand and pink watercolor for the head of the boar, 414 x 557 mm
Lorenzo Bartolini – Lord Byron
Lorenzo Bartolini Savignano di Prato 1777-Florence 1850) George Gordon VI Duke of Byron 1822 Dried raw clay (terracruda), h 50 cm Provenance: Milan, private collection From the sources we know that on January 3, 1822 Byron, then in Pisa, posed for Bartolini who had expressed a wish to do his portrait. The poet…
Romano Dazzi – The Boxer Jack Johnson
Romano Dazzi (Rome 1905–La Lima, Pistoia 1976) Portrait of the Boxer Jack Johnson (Galveston 1878-Raleigh 1946) 1938 Polychrome ceramic, Manufacture Cantagalli Firenze (attribuited to), h. 48.5 cm Signed and dated under base: “F.RE DAZZI 1938” Provenance: Italy, private collection
Vincenzo Gemito – Head of Medusa
Vincenzo Gemito (Naples 1852 – 1929) Head of Medusa 1920 ca. Gilded bronze, h. 18 cm Signed on back side: Gemito
Giorgio Szoldatics – Selfportrait as Giordano Bruno
GIORGIO SZOLDATICS (Rome 1873-1955) Selfportrait as Giordano Bruno 1900-05 ca. Oil on canvas, 74 x 59 Cm Signed lower right: “G. Szoldatics”
Francesco Hayez – Baptism Scene in a Classical City
Francesco Hayez (Venice 1791 – Milan 1882) 1815-20 ca. Baptism Scene in a Classical City (Clement of Ancira?) Oil on paper on panel, 66 x 47,5 cm.
Francesco Olivucci – Selfportrait
Francesco Olivucci (Forlì 1899-1985) Selfportrait as 16th Century Ceramist 1920 Oil on panel, 30.5 × 20.5 cm Signed on the little vase: OLIVUCCI Provenance: Italy, private collection
Zuan Permeniatis – Crucifixion
ZUAN PERMENIATIS (Crete 1501 – Venice (?) 1550) Crucifixion 1520-30 ca. Egg tempera on panel, 99.5 x 92.5 cm (39.2 x 36.4 in) Provenance: Padua, private collection The painting by the Cretan artist, active in Venice in the first half of the XVI century, shows the Crucifixion of Christ and the two thieves on…
Giuseppe Molteni – Portrait of Francesco Hayez
Giuseppe Molteni (Affori  1800 – Milan 1867) Portrait of Francesco Hayez 1825 ca. Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 58 cm