Bas-relief by Giulio Branca

Maria Dolente

Bas-relief in marble. Signature engraved along the left margin. Born in Cannobbio (on Lake Maggiore), Giulio Branca was initiated into art by the Cannobian sculptor Bergonzoli, and subsequently attended the nude and sculpture school of G. Strazza at the Brera Academy. Born in Cannobio on 13 December. 1850 by Ludovico, initiated into art by the Cannobian sculptor Bergonzoli, attended the school of nude and that of sculpture by G. Strazza at the Brera Academy. He created about four hundred sculptures, including commemorative monuments, funerary monuments and portrait busts. Branca also took part, following a competition, in the completion of that high wall of the Como cathedral which remained unfinished for centuries, sculpting various white marble figures on the facade and altar between 1897 and 1900. The work presented is a bas-relief showing, half-length, the Madonna of Sorrows flanked by two pious women. It is presented in a coeval wooden support frame from the late 19th-early 20th century.

Celebrative Painting With Flowers Oil On Canvas Early '900

Oil on canvas. The painting celebrates the memory of a deceased person: it represents a tombstone with the name of the dead and the dates, laying on the bare ground in a desert landscape, faded with a sunset in the background, but surrounded by a garland of lively flowers. A white lily stands out from all, stretched out upwards, but with a broken stem, forcing the corolla to turn towards the ground: it is the "memento mori", the symbol of the transience of life. The beautiful painting is presented in a gilded coeval frame.

Portrait Of A Man Oil On Canvas 18th Century

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a gentleman at his writing desk; the award the man received stands out in the middle. It's a member of the Negri family, historical rich family from the Abbiategrasso area, living in Cassinetta di Lugagnano. There were writings on the right of the figure, subsequent to the portrait, with the name of the portrayed. The painting is resented in a coeval frame, gilded and treated.

Silvio Poma Oil On Canvas Late '800 Early '900

Lake Iseo

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. The title is on the back. The glimpse of the lake, animated by popular figures, boats and the small village, is typical of the production of Silvio Poma, the painter from the province of Bergamo who is considered one of the protagonists of the Lombard realist landscape painting and who, in particular, reproduced glimpses of the lakes and of the Lombard countryside. The piece is presented in a coeval frame.

Overdoor With Bucolic Painting 19th Century

Oil on canvas. The canvas depicts a scene inscribed inside a painted tray-shaped frame, on the sides of which there are two winged griffins; the bucolic scene features a shepherd and a shepherdess in the countryside, amiably intent on gallant conversation, surrounded by their animals. The painting, already restored and relined, is presented in a coeval lacquered frame decorated in plaster with a wreath of branches with berries intertwined with ribbons, which ends at the top with a large bow.

Overdoor With Allegoric Painting Oil On Canvas Late '800

Oil on canvas. The canvas portrays a scene inscribed inside a painted tray-shaped frame, on the sides of which there are two winged griffins; the scene depicts a female figure in a countryside exterior, in the company of a small child who is nursing from her breast, a dog and a sheep: it could be an allegory of female work, an exaltation of the different roles that women play in her popular life. The painting, already restored and relined, is presented in a coeval lacquered frame decorated in plaster with a wreath of branches and ribbons, which ends at the top with a large bow.

Still Life With Flowers And Parrot Oil On Canvas 19th Century

Lean oil on canvas, shaped. The composition features a potted white camellia plant, flanked by a fluttering parrot on its perch. Restored and relined, it needs cleaning to recover the colours. It is presented in a lacquered frame, in style.

Glimpse Of Garden With Figures Tempera On Paper 19th Century

Tempera on paper, applied on canvas. It belongs to the genre of paper peint, the panel depicts a scene of Romantic taste, with a family group - a man, a woman and kid - in a public garden near an exterior gallery, with a statue and an obelisk. Good condition.

The Sicilian Vespers Oil On Canvas 19th Century

Copy From Francesco Hayez

Oil on canvas. It is a copy of the famous painting by Francesco Hayez (1791-1882), which tells the famous episode of the Sicilian uprising against the French domination of the Angevins, which took place in 1282, triggered by an offense that a French soldier did to a young Sicilian woman. Hayez realized three different versions of the same episode, for different clients. This is a copy of the first version, made in 1821-22 by Hayez on commission of the Marquise Visconti d'Aragona, who wanted the artist to give the main characters the physiognomy of her friends: in fact the figure of the outraged young woman was identified as the Countess Martini Giovio, and the man who supports her as Count Pompeo Belgiojoso. The copy proposed here looks more like a study of Hayez's work, due to the lack of finishes. It is presented framed.

Grouo Of Four Painted Panels Late '800

Pastoral Scenes

Oil on panel. Decorated with pastoral scenes on a monochromatic light green background, with couples, children, farmers depicted during moments of rest and conversation, in the guise of the models from the 18th century. Probably wooden panels from the doors of furniture, the paintings have been recently mounted on wooden frames. They present some paint losses and spots, especially where the background is.

Set of Natural Compositions Attributable to Carlo Antonio Raineri

The group of three compositions, natural

Tempera on paper applied to canvas. The compositions depict different birds and butterflies flying above flowers. Good condition, small spots of moisture. Presented in coeval frames. 18th century.