Vincenzo Gemito – Il Pescatoriello Marvasi (The Marvasi Fisherboy)

Gemito Vincenzo Naples 1852-1929 Il Pescatoriello Marvasi (The Marvasi Fisherboy) • 1876 Bronze, h 27 Ă— 25 cm Bibliography: Salvatore Di Giacomo, Vincenzo Gemito. La vita – L’opera, Naples 1905, pp. 26 (ill.), 39-43; Esposizione e vendita a trattative private della collezione di opere d’arte antica e moderna raccolta dal comitato esecutivo a beneficio della…

Antonietta RaphaĂ«l – Portrait of Mario Mafai

Antonietta RaphaĂ«l Kaunas, Lituania 1895-Rome 1975 Portrait of Mario Mafai (The reading man) • 1928 Oil on canvas, 45 x 35 cm Titled upper left: “Mario che legge” Signed lower left, in vertical: “RAPHAEL” Localized and dated lower right, in vertical: “Roma [28?]” Labels on the backside: “Raphael/L’uomo che legge (Ritratto di Mafai), 1928”; 32…

Jean-Baptiste FrĂ©dĂ©ric Desmarais – Illustrious Tuscans invite Elisa Baciocchi to the Government of the Duchy

Jean-Baptiste FrĂ©dĂ©ric Desmarais Paris 1756 –  Carrara 1813 Illustrious Tuscans invite Elisa Baciocchi to the Government of the Duchy • 1809 oil on panel, 50 x 56.5 cm Fragment of inscribed label on the back: “[…] Bartolomeo di S. Marco/Michell’A[…]/Leonardo da Vinci/9 Galileo/ 10 Machiavelli/ 11 Le Grazie/12 Il Senatorio […]/Trono/13 Le D[…] di Corte…

François-Marius Granet – Colosseum Interior

François-Marius Granet Aix-en-Provence 1775 – 1849 Interno del Colosseo • 1802 ca. oil on canvas, 99 x 75 cm For so long, artists have celebrated the majestic beauty of the Colosseum, the Roman amphitheatre built in the time of Emperor Titus (79-81). For so long, painted views have reflected the fascination for that grandiose elliptical…