River Landscape Oil On Cardboard Late '800

Oil painting on canvas. The picture proposes a glimpse of the countryside centrally occupied by an architectural structure on several levels, a farmhouse in which arches, small columns, stairs and entrances intersect, all occupied by weeds. On the path and in front of the structure, the scene is enlivened by figures of peasants and common people. The rosy light from the sky spreads over all the elements, creating a romantic atmosphere. The work, relined, is presented in a late 1800s-early 1900s gilded frame, with various drops of color.

Wooden sculptures. It is a composition of two wooden heads, a male one and a female one, placed on a board and framed by a gilded frame of 19th century. The heads might had been the handles of a canteran of 17th century.

Divorce de l'impèratrice Josèphine

Engraving. Below the title, the names of the characters and the name of the engraver. The subject is taken from the work of Henri Frédéric Schopin (1804-1880), which recounts the episode of the divorce of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte from his wife Josephine, which took place on 15 December 1809 in the Tuileries palace in Paris, and signed in the presence of Bonaparte family. Engraved by Jean Pierre Marie Jazet, it is part of a series dedicated to the life of Napoleon. The engraving is presented in a beautiful coeval gilded frame, which shows small lacks and damages.

Matinèe du dix-huit brumaire (salon de Mme. Bonaparte)

Engraving. Below the title, the names of the characters and the name of the engraver. The subject is taken from the work of Henri Frédéric Schopin (1804–1880), which recounts a moment in the 18th Brumaire, the day of the coup d'état carried out by Napoleon Bonaparte which led to the fall of the Directory and sanctioned the end of the French Revolution. Engraved by Jean Pierre Marie Jazet, the engraving is part of a series dedicated to the life of Napoleon. The engraving is presented in a beautiful coeval gilded frame, which shows small lacks and damages.

Oil on cardboard. It is a good quality portrait of an unknown artist. It comes with a revival frame.

Group of nine plaster casts for medals of different shapes and with different subjects: an Holy Family from SImone from Pesaro, a "charity", " Venus and Love", two potraits of nobles and a diety's face, other of historical-mythological theme. Displayed in coeval frames.

Oil on cardboard. The mountain landscape presents a group of houses along the trail which a small figure is walking on. The painting is presented on an early '900 frame with some defects.

Fabric embroidery. The embroidery represents a half-length girl in a popular costume with a mask, in the comedy of art style. It is mounted on a wooden frame with two side handles, commanding a rear coupling, probably being a closing panel.

Watercolor on paper. Signed lower right "Marquis de Salis". The sympathetic scene depicted is set inside a school of nuns, as indicated by the abcedary on the ground below; the characters are filmed in the moment of prayer: they are all kneeling, the superior in front of the altar with the Crucifix leads the prayer, while all the children follow her, more or less composed and attentive, supervised by another nun. The work is presented in a style frame.

Charcoal on paper. Unidentified signature with date to the right of the face. The name of the young woman portrayed, Teresina Rota di Valsecca, is mentioned on the back, with a further date. The work is presented in a coeval conception.

Etching 1682

Etching. This is a large folded view taken from the "Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis", a famous work printed in folio by the heirs of Giovanni Blaeu in Amsterdam in 1682, which describes the dominions of the Savoy family. The view, one of the largest, represents the town of Andorno, in the Biella area. In good condition, it has the central book fold and two side folds. It is presented in a stylish frame.

Oil on canvas. The painting, made in the first half of the 1900s, takes up the landscape works in the subject and in the pictorial mode: in a landscape rich in vegetation and with peaks in the background, a young commoner asks for charity from some travelers who rest on the roadside , near a stone arch. The canvas has undergone aging and is presented in a late 19th century frame.