Glimpses of Milan

Three oil paintings, two on the front and back of a panel, and the third on canvas board. All signed at the bottom. They are presented in book-hinged frames, with a view of Milan Cathedral on the outside of the panel, and two views of tenement houses on the inside. Giuseppe Viviani, an artist from Pisa, primarily established himself as an engraver, a craft he taught for a long time at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He also devoted himself to painting, seeking above all to express emotions through color, so much so that he called them the "colors of the soul."

1960s

Sideboard with sliding doors and small drawers under the top; walnut veneer. Decent condition, requires wood restoration.

Carlo Collodi
Edizioni Theoria

Venice, Early 20th Century

Pair of Venetian Baroque-style bedside tables, lacquered and painted with country subjects. Front and sides with double vertical and horizontal movement, drawer in the band below the top and central door. Faux marble top, gilded and carved moldings. Venice, early 20th century.

Dante Alighieri
Stabilimento tipografico Julia

Larch veneer cabinet with brass details, featuring a display case and hinged doors. In good overall condition, with some signs of use as shown in the photos.

Italy Early 20th Century

Late Baroque-style mahogany and burl mahogany drop-leaf chest. Front and sides with double vertical and horizontal movement, two drawers surmounted by a drop-leaf door concealing a four-drawer cabinet and open compartment. Italy, early 20th century.

Mountain Landscape

Oil on panel. Signed lower right. Trained in the school of Tallone, Moretti Foggia was primarily a landscape painter, creating veristic views characterized by a very bright and textured palette, primarily depicting his native Ossola Valley or the Alpine peaks. Mountain huts and figures of shepherds with flocks are also recurring features in his landscapes.

Giovanni Boccaccio
per IG. Moutier

Dancing Maenad

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. The French painter Francisque Desportes created many genre scenes featuring female figures in allegorical-mythological garb, striking sensual poses, evoked by atmospheres and colors suffused with a romantic feel. In this case, the buxom girl, draped in an animal fleece that doesn't cover her nakedness, is identified as a maenad, one of the mythological figures who followed the god Bacchus. Dressed in animal skins and crowned with ivy, oak, or fir, they celebrated the god by singing, dancing, and wandering like animals through mountains and forests, intoxicating themselves with the fruits of the vine like him. This girl is portrayed in the act of reaching out to pluck bunches of grapes from above her head, a movement resembling a dance step. Resting on the ground at her feet are a jug and the rattle-topped staff that the maenad used, as an alternative to other instruments, to accompany her dance. Maenads traditionally danced in wild, open spaces, like the one in the background of our painting, and mostly alone, not in groups. The work is presented in a contemporary frame.

Italy 20th Century

Gilded wood mirror carved with leaves and scrolls. Italy, 20th century.

Italy Early 19th Century

Empire walnut console table. Drawer in the lower section, four turned and ebonized half-column legs, carved and gilded bases and capitals. Plinth legs, fir interior. Italy, early 19th century.

Vintage pendant lamp with metal frame and cylindrical diffusers in worked glass arranged in three rows.

Still Life with Tea Service, 1931

Oil on canvas. On the back is the signature "P. Grilli pinx (it) dal vero", the location Cesena, and the date 1831 (incorrect due to the 8th century instead of the 9th). Paolo Grilli was a painter and art enthusiast from Cesena, who distinguished himself above all for his portraits, in a veristic style. He also created still lifes and landscapes. The painting is presented in a gilded frame.

Two vintage armchairs with wooden frames and original black leather upholstery from the period.

USA Late 19th Century

Set of four armchairs in various woods. Open wraparound backrest with perforated central insert, turned legs. USA, late 19th century.

Vintage rectangular mirror with blue glass frame.

Roberto Longhi
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Vintage wall lamp with a metal frame and two light sources with glass diffusers. It features two E14 sockets.

Linen sheet with 2 pillowcases, satin stitch, shadow stitch, Cantù lace inserts. It has light age marks.

Massimo Recalcati
Franco Angeli

Raccolta di saggi sull'insegnamento di Freud e Lacan intorno ad alcune patologie quali l'anoressia, le dipendenze e le psicosi, nelle quali la dimensione del vuoto si impone come determinante. Tale vuoto si trova nel ricorso al consumo smodato o errato di sostanze, nel gioco della maschera sociale, nell'ordinarietà della follia contemporanea, nella diffusione di versioni mortifere del narcisismo e nell'uso distruttivo del proprio corpo.

Pure silk scarf by Hermès, illustrated in 1989 by Annie Faivre. Blue background with turquoise and green design. In perfect condition.

Double bed sheet in raw linen, monogrammed.

Eugen Drewermann
Queriniana

Le interviste con Eugen Drewermann - distribuite in tre sezioni e scelte direttamente con l'Autore - rappresentano il cammino più breve per entrare nel cuore di un'opera teologica e culturale tra le più vaste e le più discusse degli ultimi tempi.