Wall Mirror Glass Italy 1940s-1950s

Oil painting on canvas. French school of the eighteenth century. On the base of the column to the right, there is an inscription with the woman's name, age 86 in the year of the portrait ("Marguerite Paree agèe 86 ans en 1762"). The canvas, with signs of restoration and relining, has a rather marked crack.

In Brianza

Oil painting on canvas. At the bottom left there is the DB monogram. Title and gallery stamp on the back. The glimpse of the Brianza countryside, still flat, sees a shepherd who lets his cows graze in the meadows immediately outside the village, near the dirt road flanked by light poles; two bare and thin trunks stand vertically, almost parallel, dividing the scene into three shots. The work is presented in a coeval frame.

Mixed technique on paper. Signed lower right. A nuanced glimpse of the countryside is proposed, with thin tree trunks. Ezio Pastorio, originally from Cremona but transplanted to Valseriana after his studies, is considered "a great Italian master of the 20th century, who knew how to renew the artistic language of the landscape while maintaining a strong link with 19th century painting". His production is post-impressionist in nature, especially in the large landscape production that depicts the Po and Bergamo plains, the Venetian lagoon and some Parisian glimpses, admired during some travels. In his works, Pastorio creates suggestive atmospheres using infinite ranges of colours, which harmonize and sometimes even contrast, but always presented as a transparency which annuls the static nature of the representation and with a delicacy which expresses his devout religiosity towards nature and the created. Coming from a private collection, the work is presented in a frame

Figure with Tambourine 1927

Drypoint print. Signature printed lower left. Further signature in pencil at the bottom, with serial number 67/125. In the vast production of Ardengo Soffici we also find various human figures, which well express his choice to return to traditionalism, after having attempted various avant-garde experiences. The work is presented in a frame.

Oil on copper. The Magdalene, traditionally depicted undressed and with her long loose hair framing her face and shoulders, is placed inside a cave, a hermitage of meditation, in an ecstatic attitude of contemplation of the angel who appears to her from heaven; in the lower left the skull, memento mori, and the pot of balm to recall the episode of the Gospel in which she anointed Jesus'feet. The painting is presented in a frame from the early 1900s.

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right. A glimpse of a torrent is presented, which flows in the green countryside on the slopes of the mountains. The play of colors is suggestive, all in the ranges of green and blue. Ezio Pastorio, originally from Cremona but transplanted to Valseriana after his studies, is considered "a great Italian master of the 20th century, who knew how to renew the artistic language of the landscape while maintaining a strong link with 19th century painting". His production is post-impressionist in nature, especially in the large landscape production that depicts the Po and Bergamo plains, the Venetian lagoon and some Parisian glimpses, admired during some travels. In his works, Pastorio creates suggestive atmospheres using infinite ranges of colours, which harmonize and sometimes even contrast, but always presented as a transparency which annuls the static nature of the representation and with a delicacy which expresses his devout religiosity towards nature and the created. Coming from a private collection, the work is presented in a frame.

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right. A green hilly countryside is proposed, with isolated farmhouses and blue mountains in the background. Ezio Pastorio, originally from Cremona but transplanted to Valseriana after his studies, is considered "a great Italian master of the 20th century, who knew how to renew the artistic language of the landscape while maintaining a strong link with 19th century painting". His production is post-impressionist in nature, especially in the large landscape production that depicts the Po and Bergamo plains, the Venetian lagoon and some Parisian glimpses, admired during some travels. In his works, Pastorio creates suggestive atmospheres using infinite ranges of colours, which harmonize and sometimes even contrast, but always presented as a transparency which annuls the static nature of the representation and with a delicacy which expresses his devout religiosity towards nature and the created. Coming from a private collection, the work is presented in a frame.

Oil painting on canvas. Signed below V.Lasco. It is a period copy taken from the famous painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 -1904), painted in 1866 and kept today at The Clark Museum, Williamstown in the United States. Gérôme replied to this theme numerous times, probably more with historical intent than denunciation. The scene, set in the East, depicts the abominable slave trade, at the moment of the evaluation of the "goods": the customer on the left checks the health conditions of the woman who suffers helplessly in her nakedness, under the gaze of the master-seller on the right. THE painting has minor damage, in particular a small cut at the bottom. It is presented in a coeval frame, with some shortcomings.

Old Naples's View 1933

Oil painting on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. Ricciardi was a prolific Neapolitan painter considered by some to be the seed of Neapolitan impressionism; he painted seascapes, beaches, views, landscapes and Neapolitan customs and traditions of his city as his main subjects. In his works the intense chromaticism, the study from life, the abandonment of the drawing and the limpid and terse light that pervades the scenes, reveal the knowledge of Impressionism, due to the presence in Naples of Giuseppe De Nittis. This glimpse of Naples has been repeatedly replicated by the artist, and in one of these works also appears the title "Impression of old Naples", absent here. It is an intense glimpse of the atmosphere of an old popular Neapolitan street, enlivened by a market populated by human figures, with old peeling walls decorated with hanging clothes and planters. The work is rather dark, a brown monochromatism prevails, interrupted only by the brighter colors of the human figures; the only source of light comes from the artificial lights turned on in the shop down the street. The work has a slight damage in the upper right corner (small cut of the canvas). It is presented in a coeval frame.

Landscape with Galant Scene

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right. In a bucolic landscape with green meadows, the slow river, rolling hills, under leafy trees, a shepherd boy gives a nest with a white dove to the young lady, while the companion watches with his bagpipes on his lap; behind the female figure, a pillar supports a lion figure in stone. Of the Piedmontese painter who lived in Sestri Levante, Gioacchino Aluffo, we mainly know the frescoes and mural restoration works of some Ligurian churches. The work is presented in a coeval frame, early 1900s.

Print on paper. The poster bears the inscription "Long live the sixth anniversary of the democratic front" at the top, and below the female figure lifting a basket of fruit, the initials "Women's Organization DFLP" The poster was designed by Helmi El-Touni (1934 ) Egyptian artist who made several drawings and posters in support of civil rights organizations and the Palestinian cause. The poster was published in 1975. It is presented in a visible frame.

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. The glimpse of the view is taken from a landing stage on the Grand Canal and is centered on the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. The church with the bank on which it is located create a horizontal dividing line between sky and sea, shaded in the same chromatic ranges which are then interrupted only in the mooring in the foreground. Ezio Pastorio, originally from Cremona but transplanted to Valseriana after his studies, is considered "a great Italian master of the 20th century, who knew how to renew the artistic language of the landscape while maintaining a strong link with 19th century painting". His production is post-impressionist in nature, especially in the large landscape production that depicts the Po and Bergamo plains, the Venetian lagoon and some Parisian glimpses, admired during some travels. In his works, Pastorio creates suggestive atmospheres using infinite ranges of colours, which harmonize and sometimes even contrast, but always presented as a transparency which annuls the static nature of the representation and with a delicacy which expresses his devout religiosity towards nature and the created. The work, coming from a private collection, is presented in a frame.