Irene Valentini Sala – Two Young Guitar Players
Irene Valentini Sala (Milan 1864-1934) Two Young Guitar Players 1932 Oil on plywood, cm 130,3 × 100,3 Signed and dated lower left: “I. Valentini Roma 1932.X” Provenance: Rome, private collection
Elica Balla – Inspiration
Elica Balla Rome 1914-1995 Inspiration 1941 Oil and sand on panel, 78 × 60 cm Signed bottom right: “ELICA BALLA”. Titled and dated on the back: “Inspiration / Spring 1941” Provenance: Italy, private collection Like his sister Luce, Elica carried in her name the futurist blessing of their father Giacomo, who in 1914, the year of her birth, introduced…
Lombard Anonymous – Portrait of a Young Man
Lombard Anonymous (First Half of 19th Century) Portrait of a Young Man Pastel on paper, 555 × 450 mm Provenance: Milan, private collection
Galileo Chini – Self-Portrait
Galileo Chini Florence 1873-1956 Self-Portrait 1933 Oil on panel, 60 × 50 cm Signed at bottom: “GALILEO.CHINI.PIT.CER.FIORENTINO.1933” Provenance: Finarte, Rome, 28-29 April 1987; Farsetti, Prato, 10 October 1997; Rome, private collection A long way from the decorativism of a Secessionist stamp with which he passed the first decades of the twentieth century, reaching high levels of Liberty and Déco expression, in this self-portrait, with…
Arturo Noci – Girl in profile
Arturo Noci Rome 1874–New York 1953 Girl in profile 1916 Pastel on paper, 54 × 50 cm Signed and dated top left: “Arturo Noci 1916” Bibliography: M. Fagiolo dell’Arco, P. Spadini, L. Djokic (ed. by), Arturo Noci: un pittore tra Roma e New York 1874-1953, Rome 1996, p. 106, no. 196; M. Carrera, Arturo Noci (1874-1953) tra Roma e New York: dal…
Luigi Trifoglio – Portrait of the Surgeon Gino Pieri
Luigi Trifoglio Rome 1888-1939 Portrait of the Surgeon Gino Pieri 1931 Oil on canvas, 130.5 × 109.5 cm Signed: “Trifoglio Roma 1931” Bibliography: Gino Pieri, “Luigi Trifoglio ritrattista di medici”, in Nicia. Rivista medica d’arte e varietà, A. X, n. 7-8, Milano 1940, pp. 5-9 (ill.); “Un ritrattista di medici Luigi Trifoglio”, L’artista moderno. Rivista d’arte pura e applicata, 1942, pp. 11-12 (ill.). Interpreter of the return…
Gerardo Dottori – Portrait of the Futurist Poet Alberto Presenzini Mattoli
Gerardo Dottori (Perugia, 1884-1977) Portrait of the Futurist Poet Alberto Presenzini Mattoli Pencil and pastels on paper The practice of drawing – in pencil, pen, Indian ink, pastels and even with a biro – was for Gerardo Dottori a constant throughout his long artistic career. Within this technique cum language, the portrait has a privileged…
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,…
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…
Gaetano De Simone – Portrait of the Astronomer Giuseppe Cassella
Gaetano de Simone Naples 1747–circa 1822 Portrait of the astronomer Giuseppe Cassella (Cusano Mutri 1755-Naples 1808) 1789 Oil on canvas, 66 × 52 cm Signed and dated on the back of the frame, top: “Gaetano De Simone 1789 Napoli”; lower left: “Gaetano De Simoni” Provenance: Italy, private collection Gaetano De Simone was rediscovered only recently as a protagonist of aristocratic Neapolitan…