Aedicule Neo-Renaissance Walnut Italy XIX Century - Italy, Late XIX Century

The Showdown

Oil painting on canvas. French school of the 19th century. In the tasty scene, a satirical episode linked to the French revolution is presented: on a carriage that bears on the door the three lilies of France with the initials LR, referring to the royal dynasty (Louis roi?), some people seem to want to leave hastily, while an innkeeper holding the bill tries to get paid, however held back by a guard. At the top left, the sign of the tavern reads "L'agneau a moderé", or "The lamb has moderated", an ironic expression meaning that until then it was tolerated (the regime) thanks to the sacrifice of someone, but the moment of reckoning has now come. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a period 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.

Still Life

Tempera on canvas. Chaekkori, which translated literally means "books and objects", is a type of painting of the Still Life genre belonging to the end of the Korean dynastic period called Choson (1392 -1910), in particular which developed from the second half of the 18th century to the first half of the '900, which was widely successful in all social states, to express the love for the culture of the Korean population. It is characterized by the depiction of various objects that define the man of letters, in particular books are always present, as in this one proposed here, in which a goose pen for writing is placed side by side, a set of porcelain bowls, a fan folded in its case. Relined and restored, the painting is presented in an early 1900s frame.

Embroideries on canvas, cut out and applied on a wooden panel. Probably belonging to a larger composition, then reworked to create decorative series, the chalice-shaped corolla of a flower with a long stem, filled with fruit and other flowers, with variegated colors. It is presented in a stylish frame.

Embroideries on canvas, cut out and applied on a wooden panel. Probably belonging to a larger composition, then reworked to create decorative series, the chalice-shaped corolla of a flower with a long stem, filled with fruit and other flowers, with variegated colors. It is presented in a stylish frame.

Embroideries on canvas, cut out and applied on a wooden panel. Probably belonging to a larger composition, then reworked to create decorative series, the chalice-shaped corolla of a flower with a long stem, filled with fruit and other flowers, with variegated colors. It is presented in a stylish 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 wooden board. Signed lower right. Title and location on the back. Enrico Intraina was a Milanese artist who mainly produced landscapes and glimpses of his places, remaining linked to Lombard Naturalism. The painting is presented in a coeval frame.

Gouaches on paper. The two small paintings offer Neapolitan views, identified by the inscriptions below: on the left, the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794, on the right, the entrance to the Grotte di Pozzuoli. Typical Grand Tour works, practically delicate and detailed postcards. They are presented in a single frame.

The Artist and the Young Woman

Oil painting on canvas. French school of the 19th century. Tasty genre scene set in the studio of a young and blond painter, distracted from his work by the girl who, with her basket of vegetables on her arm, places a sweet kiss on his forehead, probably to reward the pictorial work she is pointing to with the finger outstretched. Lively in the colors, as well as in the attitudes of the characters, rich in furnishing elements and details, the work appears successful and has a pleasant effect. It is presented in a coeval frame.

Oil painting on canvas. Unidentified signature lower right (Solini?). The man is portrayed with a headdress and home clothes, while holding in his hands an object that could be a snuffbox, to underline the dimension of domestic rest. The painting is presented in a frame from the early 1900s.

Oil painting on canvas. At the bottom right are the initials SM and the date '51. Perhaps of the French school, the painting is probably part of a series of portraits of popular figures placed in sparse and deserted landscapes, with chromatic connotations of a romantic taste. In this one, a beggar wrapped in a tattered blanket stretches out his hand on the path. Presented in a stylish frame. Small drops of color at the top.