Xavier Bueno – Self-portrait
Xavier Bueno (Vera De Bidesoa, Navarra 1915 – Fiesole 1979) Selfportrait 1943 ca. Oil on wood, cm 55 x 40 Label on backside: “Saverio Bueno Autoritratto” Provenance: Florence, Private Collection
Xavier Bueno – Self-portrait
Xavier Bueno Vera de Bidasoa, Spain 1915-Fiesole 1979 Self-Portrait 1947 Oil on canvas on panel, 45 x 34 cm Signed and dated: Xavier Bueno 1947 Provenance: Milan, private collection Painted in 1947, Self-Portrait coincides perfectly with the idea of ārealityā pursued by Xavier Bueno, who in the same year developed it to create,…
Renato Tomassi – Portrait at the Front
Renato Tomassi (Subiaco [Rome] 1884 ā Rome 1972) Portrait at the Front 1918 Oil on canvas, 90 x 60 cm Signed, upper left: āRTā Provenance: Italy, heirs Tomassi Bibliography: Renato Tomassi the painter der Maler (1884-1972), ed. By F. Domestici and F. Tomassi, Florence 1999, cat. X; Renato Tomassi (1884-1972). Dalle Secessioni al Realismo magico,…
Ottavio Leoni – Conversation piece
Ottavio Leoni (Rome 1578-1630) Conversation Piece 1598 ca. Oil on copper, 29,7 x 38,9 cm Provenance: ForlƬ, private collection
Roberto Melli – Portrait of Sebastiano Carta
Roberto Melli (Ferrara 1885 ā 1958) Portrait of the Poet Sebastiano Carta 1940 Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm Signed, lower right: āMelliā Provenance: Rome, Lāattico galleria dāarte; Rome, Pier Demetrio Ferrero collection; Rome, private collection Bibliography: Mostra commemorativa di Roberto Melli, exh. cat., Rome, Galleria Nazionale dāArte Moderna, ed. by N. Ponente,…
Marco Palmezzano – Christ Carrying the Cross
Marco Palmezzano (ForlƬ 1459 ā 1539) Christ Carrying the Cross 1520-25 ca. Tempera, oil on panel; 68 x 54.5 cm Signed lower left: āMarcus Palmezanus Pictor forlivensis faciebatā Provenance: Family of the counts Alighieri di Serego, in Venetian and Umbrian properties until the 1980s; ForlƬ, private collection Bibliography: V. Sgarbi (ed. by), Le meraviglie della…
Francesco Hayez – Model of the Triumphant Athlete for the Concorso Canova
Francesco Hayez (Venice 1791 – Milan 1882) Model of the Triumphant Athlete for the Concorso Canova, also called of the Anonymous, of 1813; 1813; oil on canvassed paper, 61,5 x 49,5 cm; provenance: private collection
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, āCenturies to Escape into Theban Desertā. A new St Paul the Hermit by Salvator Rosa, ex. cat. Tefaf New York Fall, Galleria Carlo Virgilio & C., Rome 2016.
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: āCONTRADA DELLO SGUAZZO / BRESCIA IL GIORNO 31 MARZO / 1849ā Provenance: Brescia, Count Filippo Salvadego collection (1934); Brescia, private collection Exposition: Brescia, 1934, cat. 141 Bibliography: Mostra…
Giovanni Battista Bissoni – Crucifix
Giovanni Battista Bissoni, called The Veneziano (Genoa 1600 ā 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),…