Emilio Santarelli – Bust of François-Xavier Fabre
Emilio Santarelli Florence 1801-1886 Bust of François-Xavier Fabre (1766-1837) • 1820 ca. Marble, h. 62 cm
Johann Liss – Sleeping Nymph
Johann Liss Oldenburg 1595/97-Verona1631 Sleeping Nymph • 1619-25 Oil on canvas, 67,5 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 • 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…
Fortunato Depero – Simultaneity: Muscles and Gears / Nitrite in Speed
Fortunato Depero (Fondo (Trento) 1892-Rovereto 1960) Recto: Simultaneity: Muscles and Gears 1926-27 ca. Verso: Nitrite in Speed 1929-30 ca. Verso: inscribed and signed lower left: SimultaneitĂ / “Muscoli e ingranaggi” / F. Depero Recto, lower right, stamp: GALLERIA D’ARTE CAVOUR – MILANO Provenance: Milan, Galleria d’Arte Cavour; Italy, private collection
Alberto Martini – Hop-Frog
Alberto Martini (Oderzo 1876-Milan 1954) Hop-Frog 1907 Pen and India ink on paper, 251 x 180 mm Signed in pen lower centre: A. MARTINI.; title in pen lower centre: HOP-FROG; Dated on the back in pencil: 1907; stamped: Galleria d’Arte Spotorno Milano Provenance: Saronno, Tischer collection; Rome, private collection Provenienza: Saronno, collezione Tischer; Roma, collezione…
Alberto Martini – The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Alberto Martini (Oderzo 1876- Milano 1954) The Murders in the Rue Morgue 1908 Pen and indian ink on paper, 251 x 182 mm Signed in pen lower centre: A / MARTINI; title in pen lower centre: DOUBLE / ASSASSINAT / DANS LA RUE MORGUE On the back, date in pencil: 1908; stamped: Galleria d’Arte Spotorno…
Emilio Greco – Sybil (bronze)
EMILIO GRECO (Catania 1913 – Rome 1995) Sybil, 1951 Bronze, 57 x 51 x 32 cm Signed and dated lower right: GRECO 1951 Provenance: Rome, Riccardo Gualino collection; Forlì, private collection Bibliography and Exhibitions: VI Quadriennale Nazionale d’Arte di Roma, 1951, Room 8, pp. 12 – 13, n. 13; Bernhard Degenhart, Emilio Greco, Berlin und…
Emilio Greco – Sybil (terracotta)
EMILIO GRECO (Catania 1913 – Rome 1995) Sybil, 1951 Terracotta, 57 x 51 x 32 cm Signed and dated lower right: GRECO 1951 Provenance: Rome, Riccardo Gualino collection; Forlì, private collection Bibliography and Exhibitions: Wolfgang Braunfels, Meisterwerke europäischer Plastik von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Wien 1958, n. 165; Leonardo Sciascia, Emilio Greco, edited by…
Edita Walterowna Broglio – Hamlet
EDITA WALTEROWNA BROGLIO (Smiltene, Latvia 1886 – Rome 1977) Hamlet 1967 PIetrasanta tiles mosaic, 36 x 25 cm Provenance: Rome, private collection Bibliography: Edita Walterowna Broglio, catalog of the exhibition of Macerata, edited by Giuseppe Appella, Mario Quesada, Anne-Marie Sauzeau Boetti, Rome 1991, cat. 97.
Edita Walterowna Broglio – Venus at the mirror
EDITA WALTEROWNA BROGLIO (Smiltene, Latvia 1886 – Rome 1977) Venus at the mirror 1955 PIetrasanta tiles mosaic, 36 x 25 cm Provenance: Rome, private collection Bibliography: Edita Walterowna Broglio, catalog of the exhibition of Macerata, edited by Giuseppe Appella, Mario Quesada, Anne-Marie Sauzeau Boetti, Rome 1991, cat. 89.