Oil on canvas. The large painting tells the famous mythological episode of the Judgement of Paris, the event that helped trigger the Trojan War. Paris, a Trojan prince, was called to settle the dispute between the three goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, over who deserved to be awarded the golden apple to "the most beautiful", thrown by the goddess Discord on the table of the gods. Each of the three goddesses promised Paris a reward in exchange for the apple, and he chose Aphrodite, who had promised him the most beautiful woman in the world, namely Helen, the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. In the large scene, Paris is sitting in the center, between the legs of the goddess Aphrodite, to whom he holds out the apple with his raised arm; Aphrodite is taking the apple with one hand, while she turns upwards to indicate to the god Cupid, hovering above her, to carry out his task. On the left, the other two goddesses turn their backs, indignant and frowning, while above the god Mercury decrees Aphrodite's victory, pointing at her with his staff, the caduceus symbol of the agreement reached, and the god Cupid, on Aphrodite's instructions, prepares the fiery arrow with which he will make Helen fall in love with Paris. The scene is completed by a putto who pours water from a vase from above, perhaps a sort of baptism, or consecration of the choice. The imposing and strongly carnal figures fill the scene in a tangle of bodies, which with the variation of the flesh colors - pale those of the divinities, more vivid that of the shepherd prince, (the only mortal in the fact!), but all played out in a single chromatic range -, create a chromatic homogeneity. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a period frame.

Friedrich Holderlin
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Oil on canvas. Dutch school of the 17th century. The young nobleman, very serious, looks out from an oval painted frame, on which he rests his hand to show off his family ring. The painting, already relined and applied to a recent frame, requires further restoration due to paint loss in the painted part. Presented in a period frame.

Teak veneered wood centre table.

Italy, XVIII Century

Wrought iron torch, resting on a three-legged base. (to be re-electrified) Italy, 18th century.

Italy, Mid XX Century

Bronze sculpture on marble base depicting a young fisherman. Artist's signature on the base.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Umbertino sofa in walnut, padded seat, back and armrests, covered in excellent damask fabric. Turned feet, back with leaf carvings. Italy, late 19th century.

Central Italy, Early XVIII Century

Baroque chest in chestnut and walnut, central Italy, early 18th century. Opening top, paneled front. The piece of furniture is decorated with a Greek fret, moldings, diamond-shaped frames, turned circular and fusiform elements and uprights carved with a leaf motif.

98 x 61 In

Kerman carpet in cotton and wool, fine knot and manual manufacturing.

Germany, Early XX Century

Porcelain figurine depicting a flower seller. Very accurate execution. Under the base the manufacturer's mark.

Paolo D'Alessio
SEP Editrice

Sweden, 1950s-1960s

Centerpiece in heavy transparent glass, rectangular shape with a glazed beaten surface. Signature engraved under the base.

Cordelia Fine
Ponte alle Grazie

Gianpaolo Donzelli
La nave di Teseo. Fondazione Meyer

Marco Della Luna, Paolo Cioni
Macro Edizioni

Vincenzo Consolo
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Alice Munro
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Giovanni Porta
Nicola Zanichelli Editore

Giovanni Porta
Nicola Zanichelli Editore

Giovanni Porta
Nicola Zanichelli Editore

Fausto Melotti
All'insegna del pesce d'oro

Sigmund Freud
Bollati Boringhieri

"La più valida delle mie scoperte", "intuizione che capita, se capita, una volta sola nella vita". Così Freud. L'enorme risonanza che l'opera ha suscitato e continua a suscitare gli ha dato ragione: chiunque voglia accostarsi allo studio della psicoanalisi, o anche solo rendersi conto di quale radicale mutamento di prospettive essa abbia prodotto nella cultura moderna, non può prescindere dalla lettura di questo che è il suo libro più affascinante e sconvolgente.

Stefania Nonvel Pieri, Ghislaine de Montaudouin
Edizioni Zara

Menandro
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore