Landscape With Horses Resting

Oil on canvas. The large scene is set at the entrance of a village near a stop for horses: numerous horsemen are standing with their animals, which are looked after by the servants and the peasants who fill the manger with hay; one of the servants, on the right, lets the animals drink in the nearby stream. In the background, the houses of the village arranged along the river, which then flows into the hilly landscape on the right. It probably is a piece by a Flemish author working in Lombardy. Some references to clothing and construction certainly indicate the Northern European contamination, while other details indicate it was realized in a Lombard location. The painting comes from a prestigious historical residence of a Lombard noble family Still on the first canvas, it has some cuts in the lower band. It is presented in a thin coeval frame.

Landscape With Figures And Knights Oil On Canvas 18th Century

Oil on canvas. In the large scene set outside, the laboratory of a blacksmith stands out on the left side, who is intent to work on horseshoes with his helpers while the owner of the horse attends; in the centre, other knights arrive with their servants who are headed to the craftsman; on the right some popular figures are resting on the roadside. In the background, a large river landscape opens up on the right, while on the left there is the access to the village, dominated by a dilapidated building, with various popular figures intent on their activities: the woman who is about to breastfeed a child, while the other son runs away up the staircase, another woman hanging the clothes on the balcony of the house built on stilts on the rock, while a man climbs the ladder. It probably is a piece by a Flemish author working in Lombardy. Some references to clothing and construction certainly indicate the Northern European contamination, while other details indicate it was realized in a Lombard location. The painting comes from a prestigious historical residence of a Lombard noble family Still on the first canvas, it has some cuts and a hole in the lower band; some patches on the back from an old restoration. It is presented in a thin coeval frame.

The Eucharist

Oil painting on canvas. Depicted in the foreground, a priest gives the Eucharist to a devotee, who receives the host in a collected attitude. Relined and restored, with very small drops of color. The painting is presented in a carved and gilded frame from the end of the 19th century.

Neoclassical Decorative Element Painting 18th Century

Tempera on canvas. Decorative element from a Lombard mansion house depicting a fake marble relief composed of a rhomboid frame enclosing a basket of fruit leaning on a lion's head. Garlands of leaves outside. The Neoclassical taste favored the sculptural plasticity over the pictorial expressiveness and the predominance of shape over color. The canvas is presented in frame. Light losses of color and stains of moisture. Last quarter of the 18th century.

Neoclassical Decorative Element Painting 18th Century

Tempera on canvas. Decorative element from a Lombard mansion house depicting a fake marble relief composed of a rhomboid frame enclosing a basket of fruit leaning on a lion's head. Garlands of leaves outside. The Neoclassical taste favored the sculptural plasticity over the pictorial expressiveness and the predominance of shape over color. The canvas is presented in frame. Light losses of color and stains of moisture. Last quarter of the 18th century.

Pair Of Still Lifes Oil On Canvas 18th Century

Oil on canvas. From a private collection in which they were combined as a pendant, the two compositions are actually different in manufacturing and technique, as well as in the size of the canvases. The slightly larger canvas (71 x 91 cm), in oil, features two different wicker baskets filled with white and red grapes, surrounded by other fruit (pears and peaches) and with a curious squirrel sniffing the air; the dark background is empty. The second canvas (64 x 88 cm) is made with the lean oil technique, which makes it very close for pictorial effect to a tempera on canvas; the composition is made up of variegated flowers and fruit (watermelon, grapes, peaches), and is placed in an external environment, albeit not very defined (the clouds on the left). Both canvases need cleaning; the first shows traces of previous restoration and relining (patch on the back), while the second, in her very worn first canvas, has very widespread small holes and drops of color. Both works are presented in white lacquered frames, albeit different in shape.

Ferdinand Kobell

Etudes d'Après Nature

Group of twelve etchings, presented in a hardcover notebook. From the catalog raisonné of Kobell's works, published in 1822 by the Baron of Stengel, it is also possible to recover the titles of the individual engravings, which depict figures from popular life. The first also has the title: "Etudes d'après nature, dessinées et gravées par Ferdinand Kobell, ..." (Live studies, drawn and printed by Ferdinand Kobell), with the Parisian places of sale listed below. Below are the titles of the other figures, in the order of presentation of our collection: Return from the market, The beggars, The messengers, The stonecutter (sculpture seller), The brush seller, The vegetable seller, The hat seller, The second-hand dealer (seller of prints), The farmer at the market (sleeping), The seller of used clothes, The blind man.

Vincenzo Maria Coronelli

Group of four Engravings

Etchings on copper, etching and burin. The prints show the views of four Venetian palaces, citing their name, the neighborhood where they were located and the architect who created them, namely: Palazzo Contarini, Palazzo Zenobio, Palazzi Mocenighi and Palazzo Grimani. The four prints are part of the collection "Singularity of Venice. Palaces of Venice", a monumental work created at the beginning of the 18th century which constitutes the largest and most memorable graphic document on Venice dedicated to her by Coronelli, who was a geographer, cartographer, cosmographer and Italian encyclopedist. The works are presented in gilded frames from the early 1900s.

Baby Jesus asleep with Angels

Oil painting on canvas. Italian school. The tender scene shows the Child Jesus, on the right, peacefully asleep, while a group of little angels surrounds him, taking care of him, one playing him a lullaby, another shading him with a cloth, and two others assisting the holy sleep. The whole scene is pervaded by childhood sweetness and tenderness: the serenity that emanates from the smiles of children is far from the gravity of the spiritual mission of Christ, the lively and brightly colored composition emphasizes the lightness of this moment, even if the red cloth spread above the scene is probably meant to be a memento of the Passion, which hangs over the life of Jesus. The painting, restored and relined, is presented in a frame.

Rococo Urn trunk

XVIII Century - 1700

Trunk in fir wood veneered in walnut with a rectangular base supported by four turned feet. The trunk moved on the sides has an urn lid and an interior entirely lined with paper. Contemporary lock and hinges.

Rural Nightscape With Goats Mixed Technique On Cardboard 18th Century

Mixed technique on paper, applied on cardboard. Italian school. The name of Londonio is proposed on the back: the delicate piece certainly recalls the subject and manner of the work of Francesco Londonio (1723-1783), the Milanese artist who specialized in the animal and pastoral genre. It can be considered a work inspired by Londonio, by an artist close to his field.

Living Nature with Birds in the Nest

Oil painting on canvas. Italian school. The painting shows some birds in a nest made inside a basket, over which their mother, a proud bird of prey, watches. Initially attributed to Crivellone, the Milanese painter active at the beginning of the seventeenth century who distinguished himself for his compositions with birds and game, in reality it should be considered rather within his sphere, but not specifically by his hand for the compositional quality. Subjected to restoration and relined.