Salvator Rosa – St Paul the Heremit

Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615-Rome 1673) St. Paul the Hermit Oil on canvas, 199 x 188.5 cm Provenance: Germany, provate collection Bibliography: G. Porzio, “Centuries to Escape into Theban Desert”. A new St Paul the Hermit by Salvator Rosa, ex. cat. Tefaf New York Fall, Galleria Carlo Virgilio & C., Rome 2016.

Umberto Pinzauti – Vase: “Welcome Spring…”

Umberto Pinzauti (Florence 1886–Ravenna 1960)  Vase: “Welcome Spring…”  Circa 1915  Bronze with wooden base, h 27.3 cm  Inscription in centre of vase: Ben venga maggio e l gonfalon selvaggio, ben venga primavera che vuol l’uom s’innamori (Welcome May and the flowering boughs, welcome Spring so that man falls in love).  On side of base: Paying tribute to the President, united youth offers this with affection. Signed on base: Pinzauti  Provenance: Rome, private collection    Attentive to the impact of Viennese Liberty, in 1909 he carries out the pictorial decorations of the newly–built small villa–cum-studio of Galileo Chini, in Florence. These…

Faustino Joli – The San Barnaba Barricade, March 31, 1849

Faustino Joli (Brescia, 1814 – 1876) Episode from the Ten Days of Brescia. The San Barnaba Barricade, March 31,1849 oil on canvas, 33 x 46 cm right: “CONTRADA DELLO SGUAZZO / BRESCIA IL GIORNO 31 MARZO / 1849” Provenance: Brescia, Count Filippo Salvadego collection (1934); Brescia, private collection Exposition: Brescia, 1934, cat. 141 Bibliography: Mostra…

Luigi Galli – Evil Clinging to Humanity

Luigi Galli (Milan 1820-Rome 1900)  Evil Clinging to Humanity  Circa 1885  Oil on canvas, 60 × 39 cm   Provenance: Rome, private collection     Initiated to the plastic neoclassicism of Luigi Sabatelli and aware of the developments of European painting, in particular in France – above all Millet and Courbet – and England – where George Frederic Watts is his main point of reference -, he develops his own particular variation of the romantic symbolist atmosphere, enveloping it in elements that…

Giovanni Battista Bissoni – Crucifix

Giovanni Battista Bissoni, called The Veneziano (Genoa 1600 – 1657) Crucifix (Alive Christ) 1630 ca. Ivory, the cross in ebonised pear wood, with silver terminals, the base in Sicilian jasper, h cm 64, total height cm 158 Provenance: Elena of Montenegro, Queen Consort of Italy (1873-1952); marquise Guglielmina Campello della Spina (born Boncompagni Ludovisi, 1881-1973),…

Arrigo Minerbi – On the Ruins of Verdun

Not available   Arrigo Minerbi (Ferrara 1881-Padua 1960) On the Ruins of Verdun 1915-1920 Marble, 67,8 x 41 x 25,5 cm signed and dated on the base, right: “Arrigo Minerbi 1920” Provenance: Milan, private collection Bibliography: A. Minerbi, Arrigo Minerbi. Pensieri, confessioni, ricordi, Milan s.d. [but 1953], tav.3, dated 1915; La Grande Guerra. Arte e…

Giulio Bargellini – Annunciation

Giulio Bargellini (Florence 1875-Rome 1936)  Annunciation 1901 Oil on canvas on panel, 80 x 126 cm, with the original frame Provenance: Sculptor Antonio Maraini (Roma 1886-Firenze 1963) collection; Rome, private collection L’opera è stata presentata al Concorso Alinari del 1901 dedicato alle Storie della Vergine.