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…

Domenico Baccarini – Selfportrait

Domenico Baccarini Faenza 1882–1907 Self-Portrait 1903 Pen on paper, 170 x 135 mm Signed and dated lower right: “D Baccarini 1903”       The uninterrupted series of self-portraits carried out by Domenico Baccarini constitutes a substantial visual diary of his brief life. A common thread firmly links private sphere with artistic research, the tension…

Francesco Paolo Michetti – Study of a Female Head

Francesco Paolo Michetti Francesco Paolo Michetti Tocco da Casauria 1851-Francavilla al Mare 1929 Study of a Female Head 1883 Pastel on paper, 450 x 400 mm Signed and dated: “FP. Michetti ”83″ Provenance: Rome, Amelia AlmegiĂ  and Aldo Ambron, acquired from the artist; descendants of the Ambrons Bibliography: Janni 1910, 11, p. 966; Ojetti 1910,…

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…

Anonymous – Portrait of Tadeus KoĹ›ciuszko

Anonymous Portrait of Tadeus KoĹ›ciuszko 1796 circa Pen and black ink, brown watercolour ink, 90 x 70 mm Inscribed on the back, on old support paper: “Kosciusko / patriots”; inscribed on the back of the frame support: “N. 85 (provenienza Walpole) Taddeo Kosciuszko 1746-1817 Insigne patriota Polacco – emigrò in America e fu Aiutante di…