Johann Liss – Sleeping Nymph

Johann Liss Oldenburg 1595/97-Verona1631 Sleeping Nymph ā€¢ 1619-25 Oil on canvas, 67,5Ā  x 43,5 cm This exquisite painting of a sensual female figure asleep might portray a nymph, considering the rustic setting, while the detail in the top right, a nocturnal gleam, could suggest it is Ariadne asleep, abandoned by Theseus on the island of…

Giacomo Massa – Adoration of the Child

Giacomo Massa Rome 1596-post 1635 Adoration of the Child ā€¢ Oil on canvas 99.2 x 136 cm The Adoration of the Child, depicted at night, with Mary, Joseph, Jesus in the manger and a pair of angels in the background whose wings can just be made out in the half-light, is the work of Giacomo…

Roberto Melli – The Worker

ROBERTO MELLI (Ferrara 1885 ā€“ Rome 1958) The Worker 1940 Oil on canvas, 70 x 60 cm Provenance: Rome, Luisa and Giuseppe Natale collection; Rome, Pasquale Natale collection Bibliography: Roberto Melli, exh. cat., Ferrara, Galleria Civica dā€™Arte Moderna Palazzo dei Diamanti, text by Rossana Bossaglia, Ferrara 1975, cat. 63; Roberto Melli, presentation of Antonio Del…

Marco Calderini – The Po River at Turin

MARCO CALDERINI (Turin 1850 – 1941) The Po River at Turin 1880 Oil on canvas, 120 x 228 cm Signed lower left ā€œM. Calderiniā€ On backside cartouche of the Esposizione Nazionale di Torino of the 1880 Provenance: Piedmont, private collection Bibliography and Exhibitions: IV Esposizione Nazionale. XXXIX Esposizione SocietĆ  Promotrice delle Belle Arti di Torino,…

Laurenti elegiac motif

Cesare Laurenti – Study of Head: Elegiac Motif

Cesare Laurenti Mesola, Ferrara 1854-Venice 1936 Study of Head: Elegiac Motif 1895 Oil on panel 58.5 x 96 Signed lower right: ā€œC. Laurentiā€ Provenance: Rome, private collection Bibliography: Mario Morasso, “Artisti contemporanei: Cesare Laurenti”, in Emporium, January 1902, vol. XV, nr. 85, p. 13 (ill.), 14; Cristina Beltrami, “Cesare Laurenti: dalla pittura di genere all’idea”,…

Emanuele Rambaldi – Self-Portrait

Emanuele Rambaldi (Pieve di Teco, Imperia 1903-Savona 1968) Self-Portrait 1925 Oil on panel, 45 x 35 cm Signed and dated on the scroll lower centre: EMANUELE RAMBALDI / ƆTATIS SUƆ ANNO XXII / MCMXXV Provenance: Italy, private collection Exhibitions and bibliography: Prima mostra chiavarese dā€™arte moderna, Chiavari, Palazzo di Giustizia, solo exhibition: Room III, p.…

Edmondo Poletti – Self-Portrait with Palette and Nude

Edmondo Poletti (Novara 1908-Ghemme (Novara) 1979) Self-Portrait with Palette and Nude 1931 Oil on canvas, 77 x 62 cm Signed and dated lower right: POLETTI / ā€˜31   A painter and sculptor who was largely self-taught, although showing signs of a culture of European breadth ā€“ he made numerous trips and sojourns abroad, in particular…

Giuseppe Mazzullo – The Horse

Giuseppe Mazzullo Graniti 1913 – Taormina 1988 The Horse ā€¢ 1966 Stone, 52 x 43 x 18 cm (on original pedestal h. 114 cm (total h. 157 cm), probably by the sculptor Franco Cannilla (Caltagirone 1911-Rome 1945)) Bibliography: ā€œCarte Segreteā€ rivista trimestrale di Lettere e Arti, n. 8; F. Bellonzi, F. Costabile, Mazzullo Autoritratto, Rome,…