Pair of Pictures Glass Germany XIX Century

Charcoal on paper. Unidentified signature with date to the right of the face. The name of the young woman portrayed, Teresina Rota di Valsecca, is mentioned on the back, with a further date. The work is presented in a coeval conception.

19th Century Etching

Etching. It is a print of the famous painting of Murillo titled The Saint Family or The Virgin Of Seville that today is preserved at Louver Museum in Paris. The etching had been made by Carlo Cattaneo in Turin. It shows several signs of humidity. It comes in a 20th century frame.

19th century wooden frames with engravings on paper of famous people, specifically of 6 academics and philosophers (Voltair, Rousseau, Linnè, Fénelon and Mably). The carvings had been made by Pierre-Michel Alix (1762-1807), fench cerver that in 1782 made the "Collection of portraits of importante man", They show signgs of wear as humidity damnages and drops.

Pencil on paper. Portrait of woman with a good with beautiful rendering of chiaroscuro in pencil. It comes in a coeval gilded frame.

Studies of Nature

Group of 12 etchings on a hardboard notebook. From the catalogue raisonné of Kobell's works, published in 1822 by Baron de Stengel, it is also possible to recover the titles of the individual engravings, which depict figures from popular life. The first one also has the title: "Etudes d'après nature, dessinées et gravées par Ferdinand Kobell,...". (Studies from life, drawn and printed by Ferdinand Kobell), with the Parisian locations mentioned below. The titles of the other figures, in the order of their presentation in our collection, are as follows: Return from the Market, The Beggars, The Messengers, The Stonemason (Sculpture Seller), The Brush Seller, The Vegetable Seller, The Hat Seller, The Junk Dealer (Print Seller), The Peasant at the Market (Sleeping), The Second-hand Clothes Dealer, The Blind Man.

Colored pencils on paper.Vittorio Marchetti's signsture and " Raffaello Sanzio Dipinse" written on the lower right corner. Incompleted sketch of a drawing inspired by a portrait of Fornarina, Raffaello's lover that had been his model for several important paintings - bust and hands are just sketched out- Displayed in a damaged frame.

Lamentation over the dead Christ 1585

Woodcut on paper. In the lower left there is an inscription that mentions: "Raff. From Regg invented Andrea Andreani mant. Carver; to the ill.mo and ecc.mo sig Don Giovanni Medici. 1585". It is therefore a woodcut made from a design by Raffaello da Reggio by the Mantuan engraver Andrea Andreani whose works achieved great success for the remarkable quality of execution and style. The woodcut was applied on a sheet of paper, it has lacks and breaks and needs restoration. Style frame.

View of the Badia Fiorentina

Watercolored etching. Bottom left the words "Ios. Zocchi del.", Right "Vincen. Franceschini Firenze". This is a view taken from "Choice of XXIV Views of the main districts, squares, churches, and palaces of the City of Florence", collected in 24 sheets engraved on drawings by Giuseppe Zocchi on behalf of the Marquis Andrea Gerini and published in Florence in three editions between 1744 and 1757. The one performed by Vincenzo Franceschini corresponds to the second edition, published in 1754. All of Zocchi's production, which had a great international success, represents a precious document of images of architecture, gardens and countryside. Italy of the century of the Enlightenment, thanks to the accuracy and precision of the reproductions. The print is presented in a frame.

Capriccio with Figures 1780

Etching. Below right the name of the engraver and the date of creation. As stated in the lower left, the "Capriccio with portico and pulcinelli" preserved at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo is inspired by Francesco Guardi: the engraver, faithful to the painting in the architectural layout, has instead completely modified the figures , replacing the pulcinella with people from the street. Well preserved, the print is presented in a frame.

Oil on canvas applied to wood. Surely a fragment of a larger composition, the work features the face and shoulders of a male figure wearing a turban and his shoulders draped in a red cloak; on the lower right another face emerges, hardly distinguishable. The canvas is presented in a stylish frame.

Map of the Duchy of Tuscany c. 1680

Etching on paper, made by the Dutch cartographer Frederik De Wit. the Latin title "Status Ecclesiasticus et Magnus Ducatus Thoscanae" is shown in the cartouche at the top right, with the date. It is the geographical map of the territory of central Italy at the end of the 17th century, corresponding to the Papal State and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Presented in the frame.

Fabric embroidery. The fragment belonges to a bigger scene of John Baptist's birth with his father Zaccaria sitting in the corner while writing his name and her mother Elizabeth supervises from the bad the care given to his son by the servants. The fabric has holes and signe of wear. Revival Frame.