Jean-Pierre Thénot - Landscape with Castle and Figures

Landscape with Mountains

Oil on wooden table. Signed lower right. On the back, the scroll of the "Salvetti Art Workshop" in Milan. Stefano Bersani, Lombard artist and poet, devoted himself to the painting of life, even the most humble and common; in fact, among his works, in addition to various Lombard landscapes, such as this one proposed which has the Alpine chain as a background, also scenes of the fields with figures of peasants, farm animals, folk figures. He participated in many competitions, exhibited in numerous Lombard galleries and was in great demand in noble houses, where he was also an interior painter. The work is presented in a contemporary frame.

Oil on canvas. The painting is part of the nineteenth-century production of Grand Tour, which had an obligatory stop in Tivoli for its architectural riches. Tivoli is identified by the temple of Vesta which rises on the cliff to the left, under the rugged and rugged peaks of the Tiburtini Mountains on which the town stands. Under the cliff, just after a lively waterfall, the river flows, on which intense human activity is raging: in particular the activity of the boatmen who ferry travelers towards the mill on the other bank is depicted. The painting is presented in a styled frame.

Genre scene

Tapestry with genre scene set in the countryside: a young man defends himself with a spear from the assault of a group of stray dogs. The tapestry fabric has several horizontal cuts, especially in the upper half.

Oil on canvas. Eastern European School. Signed Szego G. below. These are two works to be proposed aligned because they depict a boy and a girl lying on the same lawn in a mirrored position, as if facing each other, probably intent on a love game: they wear gypsy clothes and have musical instruments with them - she a tambourine and him a violin - which refer to two characters of Slavic ethnicity, from the gypsy world. The whole is lively and serene. The two works are presented in styled frames.

Watercolor on cardboard. On the back there is the date 1892 and an unidentified signature. The composition presents a series of objects placed on a small table surmounted by a mirror: two books, one of which is open, a painted ceramic vase and a hookah. It is presented in a gilded tray frame from the 19th century.

Oil on canvas. The nice scene is set outside the gate of a garden (a park?) Surrounded by a high crumbling wall: a girl plays on the ground, surrounded by scratching hens. On the back there is a label with an old attribution to Achille Formis Befani (1830-1906), a Neapolitan artist who then worked in Milan, conforming to the Lombard school; he dealt with both landscape and figure painting. The painting is presented in a coeval gilt frame.

Oil on canvas. Italian school. With a romantic atmosphere, the landscape with the hill full of trees, the stream crossed by a bridge and the young villager carrying the amphora of water on her head, is surmounted by a sky mottled of different colors, with darker clouds that fade away into the pink of the dawning sky. On the first canvas, the painting shows small drops in colour. It is presented in a stylish frame.

Glimpse of Paestum

Gouache on cardboard. Signed lower right. The Neapolitan painter Antonio Coppola attended courses at the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples. He was a good temperer and executed with ease and with marine effect and views of Naples, with a production sought above all by foreigners and tourists. The foreshortening shows the countryside around the temple of Paestum, with a hay cart and its farmer in the foreground. It is presented in a gilded frame from the end of the 19th century.

Lucerna Lake

Colored lithography. Signed at the bottom left. Jean-Pierre Thènot was a french draftman and incisor that wrote several treatises painting. It shows a glimpse that opens up on the right with a wide lake, probably Lucerna Lake; on the left there is a rustic cottage with figures. It is part of a serie of Swiss landscapes. The lithography comes in a coeval gilded frame.

Swiss Landscae

Colour lithograph. Signed at the bottom right. Jean-Pierre Thénot was a French painter, draughtsman and engraver, author of treatises on painting. The lithograph shows a view of a mountain landscape: in the foreground on the right is a chalet offering refreshment to travellers passing along the path. The landscape then sweeps over a large mountain range, presumably the Alps, with a lake between its peaks. The lithograph is part of a series of landscapes of Switzerland. The art work comes in a coeval gilded frame.

Swiss Landscape 1857

Colored lithograph. Signed and dated at the bottom left. Jean-Pierre Thènot was a french painter, draftman, engravor and author of painting treatises. The lithograph shows a landscape view with high waterfalls on the right, probably the Staubbach Falls in the canton of Berne, and is animated by figures of shepherds with their flocks and couples on gallant walks; in the centre of the landscape is a chalet. The lithograph is part of a series of landscapes of Switzerland. The art piece comes in a coeval gilded frame.

Etching In A Coeval Frame

Etching made by the famous painter and incisor Luigi Rados that represents Christ's Resurrection. It shows signs of humidity and comes in a coeval frame.