Antique Baroque Coat of Arms Pasqui Poplar Florence XVIII Century - Florence, Early XVIII Century

Emilia Romagna, Early XVIII Century

Baroque sideboard in elm, Emilia, early 18th century. Front with three drawers in the band and pair of doors. Decorated with walnut frames and tiles and with metal studs, the latter partly added later. Restorations.

Oil painting on canvas. The painting tells the biblical episode narrated in the book of Exodus in which Hagar and her little son Ishmael that the slave had given birth to by Abraham, driven out of the patriarch's house due to the jealousy of his wife Sarah, find themselves in the desert of Beersheba without water: God sends them an angel who helps them by pointing the woman to a well of water. The scene is set in a Nordic landscape, anything but desert, but it is the figures that narrate the episode, standing out at the center of the scene in melodramatic poses. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a late 19th-early 20th century frame.

Mid XVIII Century

Baroque walnut chest, Italy, mid-18th century. Tripartite front, decorated with rocaille style carvings and curls placed within reserves, uprights with forty-five degree pilasters carved in a curl. Restorations.

Oil painting on canvas. Portrait of a prelate, flanked by the Scolopi coat of arms, which bears the crowned monogram of Mary and the Greek letters MP and ΘY (abbreviations for Mother of God): in his hand he holds a papal bull with the seal of Pope Clement XI (1649 -1721 ) which bears the writing "Clemens Episcopus Servus Servorum Dei ad perpetuam rei memoriam", the pontifical wording in perennial memory of a fact, which the Holy Father validates or says. The relined and restored work is presented in a period frame.

Jesus is Loaded with the Cross

Oil painting on canvas. This is the second station of a Via Crucis, entitled "Jesus is loaded with the Cross". Christ, already crowned with thorns tied with a rope around his neck, receives on his shoulders the large and heavy wooden cross, which some servants lift for him, while soldiers look on; on the right a soldier on horseback is carrying the insignia that will be placed on top of the Cross. Relined, the painting is framed in wooden strip.

Oil painting on canvas. The subject, recurring in 17th and 18th century painting due to the mystical but at the same time sensual component of this saint, presents Magdalene in the desert, wrapped in her long loose hair and a drape, while on her knees she meditates on the skull, the traditional Memento mori, holding a sackcloth in his hand; Above her is an angel holding the jar of ointments in his hand, another attribute of the saint, whose shoulder he is preparing to anoint, as a sign of consecration to God. The work, restored and relined, is presented in a contemporary frame.

Piedmont, Late XVIII-Early XIX Century

Neoclassical walnut wardrobe, Piedmont, late 18th - early 19th century. Front with pair of doors decorated with breadstick tiles. Carved drip tray placed under the hat.

Lombardy, Early XVIII Century

Baroque chest of drawers supported by carved bracket feet, on the front it has three drawers with carved tiles; in walnut, the interiors are in walnut.

Italy, Early XVIII Century

Baroque mirror with carved frame with characteristic curled volutes and cherub heads, one of which adorns the cymatium within a shell element; entirely gilded in Mecca, the gilding was revived in ancient times.

Landscape with Ruins and Figures

Oil painting on canvas. The vertically developed landscape sees an imposing architectural structure in ruins at the centre, invaded by weeds and presented with nuanced colors and features, as if to underline its decadence. In front, in the foreground and well defined, some figures of shepherds at rest, while the cows graze: one shepherd plays the whistle, the second, sitting leaning on his stick, observes the third, who, having stripped naked, is intent on washing himself, stretched languidly on the edge of the waterhole. On the left there is a glimpse of rocky peaks, gray under a sky with dawn atmospheres. The restored and framed painting is presented with a strip frame.

Italy, Early XVIII Century

Lacquered and painted poplar baroque bench, early 18th century Italy. Shaped back and front panel, lacquered and painted with leaf volutes, curls and shell elements, typical of the decorative taste of the early 18th century. Openable seat concealing inner compartment and fitted with cushion, not contemporary. Restorations and parts of lacquerwork restored; reduced in the cimasa.

Italy, Early XVIII Century

Baroque armchair, with armrests richly carved with leaf motifs, also reflected in the medallion that decorates the front crossbar, partially mutilated; Padded seat and raised backrest. In walnut, the front lion feet were added later.