Tapestry Cloth Italy XIX Century - Genre scene

Oil on the table. late 19th - early 20th century. The panel resumes the production of sacred art of the fourteenth-century models, both in the composition of the figures and in the realization on a gold background, which continues in the coeval frame. In the composition, which is static, Mary is in the center holding the Child in her arms, while two saints look out from behind her, a Franciscan on the right, an old man on the left, both with the handle of the pilgrim's saddlebag.

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.

Couple in the Woods

Oil on the table. Signature lower right. Panerai was an Italian painter, teacher and illustrator, originally from Florence, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts having as master Giovanni Fattori who introduced him to the naturalistic landscape painting of the Tuscan Maremma. He was also attracted by the military theme, with scenes of military and seafaring life, and distinguished himself as an animalist painter, gifted with acute sensitivity. His style refers to a sketchy impressionism, easy, fresh, lively. The work is presented in a style 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.

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.

Oil on canvas. North European school of the 19th century. A wide landscape close to steep reliefs, sees a wide river flowing in the valley, animated by barges and popular figures intent on various activities. The landscape and the pictorial typology, in particular the brown and dark color choices, refer to the countries of Northern Europe. The canvas shows signs of patches on the back. It is presented in a stylish frame.

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.