Giuseppe Barberi (Rome 1746-1809) Sepulchre of Ptolemy 1780-1790 circa Traces of pencil, pen and gray and brown ink watercolor on white paper, framed on blue paper, 280 x 403 mm Entitled in pen, lower left: “Sepolcro di Tolomeo”; numbered top right: “22” Triumph site with ruined arches 1780-1790 circa Traces of pencil, pen…
Pelagio Palagi (Bologna 1775-Turin 1860) Album of 32 views of Rome and surroundings, taken from life with ideal reconstructions of ancient buildings circa 1806 Album of 30 sheets, of which 29 drawn in pen and brown ink with traces of pencil, two also drawn on the back and one in pencil, 238 × 377 mm each Provenance: England, private collection The genre of drawing from life of Roman vedute boasts a centuries-long tradition among the artists of diverse…
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…
Filippo Tagliolini Fogliano di Cascia 1745–Naples 1809 Portrait of Sir William Hamilton 1781- 1783 Rectangular terracotta plaque, 43.5 × 30 cm Coeval frame in veneered wood, probably southern Provenance: Naples, private collection Sir William Hamilton, Plenipotentiary Ambassador of His Britannic Majesty to the Kingdom of Naples, is depicted in profile, facing to the left and attired in full dress…
Teodoro Matteini (Pistoia, 1754 – Venice, 1831) Portrait of a Young Woman with a Medallion 1797 Oil on canvas, 67 x 49.5 cm Signed and dated bottom right: “Teodoro Matteini / f.[fece] in Berg.[amo] / 1797” Provenance: Bergamo, Davide Cugini collection; Bologna, Eugenio Busmanti collection In the shade of a woody scene, that…
Maurice Constant Favre (Saint Maurice 1875 – Paris 1919) Portrait of Heinrich Schliemann (Neubukow 1822 – Naples 1890) 1918 Marble, 75 x 100 x 63 cm Signed and dated lower right on the base: “MAURICE FAVRE 1918” Provenance: Paris, private collection. Archives consulted: Paris, Musée d’Orsay; Boulogne Billancourt, Musée des Années Trente; Neubukow, Schliemann Museum;…
Josef Kähsmann Vienna 1784-1856 Francis I of Austria 1826 Marble, h 54 x 24 x 20 cm Signed on the right: “KI (monogram) Romae 1826” Provenance: Rome, private collection This portrait bust of Emperor Francis I was executed in 1826 in Rome and was made by the neo-classical sculptor Josef Kähsmann (1784-1856). Born…
Gaetano Forte (Salerno 1790 – Naples 1871) Portrait of a Flute Player 1813-1816 Oil on paper on canvas, 24 x 25.5 cm Inscriptions: on the frame, in pencil, “Cutolo” Provenance: Naples, private collection; Rome, private collection The subject, portrayed three-quarters while playing the flute, is seen in an enclosed space with a grey background…
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