David: presentation

Giovanni David – Birth of the Virgin

Giovanni David (Cabella 1743 – Genoa 1790) Birth of the Virgin 1784-1785 Black ink pen, polychrome watercolors, tempera on paper, 507 x 485 mm Provenance: Rome, private collection Executed in pandant with Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple, it is presumably the presentation drawing for the commission of the Birth of the Vergin for…

Zecchin - credenza

Vittorio Zecchin – Credenza (sideboard), bench

Vittorio Zecchin (Murano 1878–1947) Credenza (Sideboard) 1920-1923 ca. Black lacquered oak wood with purpura arabesque engravings, 110.5 x 137.5 x 52 cm Provenance: Brescia, Mirko Lupezza collection.     Bench 1920-1923 ca. Lacquered and painted wood piece of furniture, 148 x 134 x 56 cm Bibliography: I. de Guttry, M.P. Maino, M. Quesada, Le arti…

Giulio Bargellini – Study for Idyll (Self-Portrait)

Giulio Bargellini Florence 1875-Rome 1936 Study for Idyll (Self-Portrait) 1892-95 Oil on canvas, 21 Ă— 38 cm Signed lower centre: “Giulio Bargellini” Provenance: Rome, heirs of the artist; Rome, Galleria dell’Emporio Floreale, 1982; Rome, private collection Bibliography: Pasqualina Spadini, Opere inedite di Giulio Bargellini: oli-pastelli-carboncini-studi di architetture e progetti per mosaici dal 1890 al 1936,…

Giuseppe Piccone – Boxeur

Giuseppe Piccone (Albisola Superiore, 1912 – Albissola Marittima, 1960) Boxeur 1930-35 ca. Provenance: Lombardy, private collection Wood, black paint, cm h. 120 x 82 x 39.5 cm Of the Boxeur by the Ligurian Giuseppe Piccone are known two versions, different for dimensions and pose of the figure. This specimen, the bigger in size, sculpted in…