Ancient Portrait Oil on Canvas Lomabrd School Gilded Frame

Crayons on paper, mounted on stretcher. Delicate close-up of a young girl, with an innocent and shy gaze turned downwards. The drawing is presented in a late 19th century frame.

Oil painting on canvas. The landscape offers a glimpse of the lake, overlooked by a poor village and a small fishing boat sailing. in the background tower two blued rocky peaks. There are some moisture spots. Oval in format, the painting is currently presented in a contemporary gilded rectangular frame.

Oil painting on canvas. In the suggestive style of impressionist taste. which plays on the effects of light and shadow and on nuanced chromatisms, this landscape offers large verdant plants, which occupy the scene on the bank of a river in which the vegetation is reflected; in its shadow, an indistinct figure strolling alone. The painting is presented in a coeval carved frame.

Glimpse Of Naples Bay

Oil on board. Signed at the bottom right. On the back there is a stamp of the art studio-workshop in Naples. The view of the Bay of Naples shows a landing place for small fishing boats, along a beach populated by numerous figures. Vesuvius rises in the background, its outline fading into a cloudy grey sky, which takes the sunlight away from the day, illuminated rather by the bustling bustle of people on the promenade. Very little is known about the Neapolitan artist Eduardo Scognamiglio: his work includes numerous views and vistas, mainly of Naples, but also popular genre scenes and portraits of popular figures. His production had a large following abroad, where he was known, appreciated and widely requested, earning him the English name of Edwardo. The painting comes in a revival frame.

Oil on wooden board. The painting pictorially reproduces the famous sculpture by Michelangelo, the Pietà of San Pietro or Pietà Vaticana. The composition of the figures is quite faithful to the reference work, but, as well as being painted in colour, it is placed in an open-air setting that refers to Renaissance painting, with the hill of Calvary emerging in shadow on the left. A coat of arms is painted at the bottom left, evoking a noble patronage. The work is presented in a period frame. It has several spots and small drops of color.

Oil painting on canvas. The painting offers in ancient style the glimpse of a landing place for fishing boats on the coast, near the village; on the shore in the foreground, figures of commoners waiting for the sailing ships. The color patina is also antiqued; the painting is presented in a 19th century frame.

Oil painting on canvas. The landscape reproduces a countryside near the sea coast; on the left the houses, in the center some human figurines, on the right two grazing goats: the romantic atmosphere, supported by the broad sky with pinkish-white clouds, is typical of a "postcard" from the Grand Tour. The work is presented in coeval frame.

Drawings on rice paper. They represent four scenes of popular life without backgroun but just human figures with few elements that define the scene. One of the drawers has small missings. The drawings come in a Empire frame.

Oil on canvas. Lombard School. Portrait of a woman that highlights the lace of the dress and the crucifix around the neck. It is in good conditions and comes in a gilded coeval frame that shows small drops of color.

Pencil on paper. Good use of the hatching and chiaroscuro are shown in this portrait of a young woman. The portrait comes with a 19th century wooden frame that had beeen embellished with leafy and floral leather inserts; the frame has some color drops and some missing parts.

Pencil, charcoal and white lead on paper. Signed (Amalia Bianchi?) and dated at the bottom right. Very effective is the use of different pigments that creates a play of chiaroscuri that underlines the figure. The portrait come in a 19th century wooden frame with leather leafy and floral inserts; it has missing parts and color drops.

Landscape with River and Figures

Watercolor on paper. Signed lower right. Giuseppe Gabani, who was a Cavalry officer and participated in many uprisings of the Risorgimento, stood out in particular for his equestrian subjects, battle scenes, orientalism, made with vivacity of color and pictorial emphasis. Here instead we have a delicate watercolor of his, which offers a landscape with a river flowing in the countryside and walking figurines: in Gabani's production there are actually many of these landscapes, calm in colors and rather pervaded by peace and tranquility. In coeval frame.