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,…

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,…

Ennio Belsito – The Lady Singer

Ennio Belsito (news between 1901 and 1948) The Lady Singer 1910-1915 ca. Oil on canvas, 189 x 90 cm Signed, lower left: “E. Belsito” Backside, label of the Prima Esposizione Iternazionale d’Arte Coloniale, Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1931, with title: “La cantatrice”   Bibliography SocietĂ  degli Amatori e Cultori di Belle Arti in Roma. LXXIX…