Vincenzo Gemito – Head of Alexander the Great, bronze
Vincenzo Gemito (Naples 1852-1929) Head of Alexander the Great bronze, h 50 cm Signed and with Gemito Foundry Stamp Provenance: Rome, private collection
Vincenzo Camuccini – Study for a leg, forearm and hands of the figure of St. Joseph
Vincenzo Camuccini (Rome 1771-1844) Study for a leg, forearm and hands of the figure of St. Joseph for the altarpiece of the Presentation at the Temple in San Giovanni in Canale in Piacenza 1805-1806 Oil on canvas, 120 x 112 cm Provenance: Cantalupo, palazzo Camuccini, baron Vincenzo Camuccini
Princess Isabella Albertini de’ Medici di Ottajano (needlepainting), Marquis Filippo Petrone (painting) Portrait of the Young Gentlemen and lady di Ottajano, Serafina, Gaetanino and Ciccillo
Princess Isabella Albertini de’ Medici di Ottajano (needlepainting), Marquis Filippo Petrone (painting) Portrait of the Young Gentlemen and lady di Ottajano, Serafina, Gaetanino and Ciccillo 1814 Mixed technique, needle-painting (coloured silk thread embroidery) collage and oil painting on panel, 71 x 94.5 cm (27.9 x 37.2 in) Ancient description on backside Provenance: Rome, Natalino Sapegno…
Corrado Cagli – Untitled
Corrado Cagli (Ancona 1910-1976) Untiteld late 1950s Colored corrugated cardboard, h 83 cm Provenance: donated by the artist to the photographer Pasquale de Antonis in the late 1950s; Rome, Mario Quesada collection; Rome, private collection Bibliografia: Mario Quesada. Lo storico dell’arte e il poeta, catalogo della mostra, Roma, Soprintendenza alla Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Museo…
Francesco Caucig – Allegory: Reflection on the Caducity of Human Happiness
Francesco Caucig Gorizia 1755 – 1825 Vienna Francesco Caucig – Allegory: Reflection on the transience of human happiness. Francesco Serafino prince ofPorcia meditating 1810-1825 ca. Oil on canvas, cm 163 x 287. Provenance: Prince Francesco Serafino di Porcia, Porcia, Castello, o Spittal, Carintha, Castello Porcia; private collection, Carinthia.
Thayat (Ernesto Michaellis) – Prince of Siam
Thayaht (Ernesto Michaelles) (Florence 1893-Marina di Pietrasanta1959) Prince of Siam (backside: Interpenetration of Volumes) 1928 Oil on pressed cardboard, 32 Ă— 45 cm Signed and dated lower left: “Thayaht 1928”; backside, lower right: “AXUM” Bibliography: A. Panzetta, Opere di Thayhath e Ram nel Massimo & Sonia Archive di New York, Ferrara 2006, cat. T 162,…
Alberto Gerardi, Vittorio Zecchin – Flower vase holder
Alberto Gerardi (Rome 1889-1965) Vittorio Zecchin (Murano 1878-1947) Flower vase holder in the shape of a caprifig tree 1920 ca. Wrought-iron and glass, 188 x 62 cm “I think the stars are made of iron” Alberto Gerardi descended from a family of blacksmiths who for several generations worked in the forges of…
Giovanni Battista dell’Era -Jupiter, Before the Entreaties of Cupid
(1765 Treviglio – 1799 Florence) Jupiter, Before the Entreaties of Cupid, Announces to the Gods Inscribed in the Roll of the Muses the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche Florence, 1798 Pen and ink, traces of pencil, highlights in white lead, tempera and watercolour on paper, 968 x 967mm Private collection
Giuseppe Tominz – Isaac de Parente
Giuseppe Tominz (Gorizia 1790 – Gradiscutta 1866) Portrait of Aron Isaak de Parente after 1847 Oil on canvas, 225 x 112 cm Active in Trieste from as early as the mid-16th century, the Parente family – like the Morpurgos, the Luzzattos and the della Vidas – were part of a group of Jewish families…
Carlo de Paris – View of Pico de Orizaba
Carlo de Paris Barcellona 1800-Rome 1861 View del Pico de Orizaba (or CitlaltĂ©petl) in Mexco 1853 oil on canvas, 124,5 x 175 cm Bibliography: S. Grandesso, in A Picture Gallery in the Italian Tradition of the Quadreria (1750-1850), exh. cat., New York, Sperone Westwater, 2013, in collaboration with Galleria Carlo Virgilio & Co, Rome 2012,…