Still life with fish and shrimp

Oil on canvas. Signature not deciphered in the bottom left of (A. Crozel?). The composition, ritelata, is presented in full frame half '800.

Watercolor painting by Gino Scalatelli

A glimpse of the venetian,The health

Watercolor on paper. A glimpse of the venetian, with a view of the church of the Salute seen from the Grand Canal. Gino Scalatelli, active between between the nineteenth and the twentieth century, and specialized in views of european cities, Paris, Venice, but especially of the English capital, London, who painted mainly in watercolor, a technique he preferred. In the frame.

Luigi Bisi, a follower of

Milan,Church of S. Maria near S. Celso

Watercolour and pen on cardboard. On the back there is hand written with attribution to Luigi Bisi, the name of the critical Gozzoli and the date 1982. Even though they are obvious references to the famous painter of the lombard, a specialist in the magnificent views of interiors of churches, we seem to exclude the paternity of this work, but rather attributed to a skilled follower. On the back there is also a label of provenance from important collection lombarda private. In the frame.

Pio Joris, sketch

Study for a procession

Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower right. At the back of this label with the description. A painter, engraver and watercolourist roman, belonging to the circle of followers, the romans, Mariano Fortuny, is known for a style characterized by the mixture of realism and genuine pleasantness of touch, flickers and spirited. His pictorial production has ranged from paintings genre scene, also touching on the portrait. The proposed work is a small study for a procession, a theme he tackled in several works. THE painting is inserted in a passe-partout, without frame.

The Spinners ( Arachne's Tale) Oil on Canvas 19th Century

Oil on cancas. Fair copy of the famous masterpiece of Diego Velaquez painted in 1657 and now preserved at the Museum of Prado. Untill mid-20th century the painting was entitled " The tapestry factory of Saint Isabel in Madrid"; just after 1948 Diego Angulo Iniguez's studies allowed to reconize a relationship between the painting and Arachne's ancient myth. In the foreground of the scene there are some spinners working in a room unadorned and poorly lit by a soffuse ligth reflected by the space behind. There are five women: on the left in dim light the oldest one thet is starting the wheel, in front of her on the rightthere is a youg gilr collecting the thread in the "aspa"; thei would be the representation of Athena, still hidden unde false features, and human Archade, during their race. the other three women are just simple surrounding, the middle one is just a static shape. In the background there is the scene of the goddess revealing herself to the woman, central and illuminated by a powerful light beam coming from the left, as well as by the bright colors of the tapestry and the cloths. The copy in question shows on the back a tag of inventory and shipping of Paris. The painting comes along with a coeval gilded frame.

Landscape attributable to Silvio Poma, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century

Fishermen's Island

Oil on canvas. Signed on the bottom right. Half view of the Maggiore lake (identified by the writing on the back) and of the smallest of the Borromean Islands. Panting that recalls to the prodution of Silvio Poma, painter from Bergamo's area that is considerated on of the main artists of the Lombard Realist Landscaping and is known for his glimpses of lombard lakes and lands. The original framework had already been retensionated and the canvas restored but need another restoring becouse of the color's fallings.

Landscape with Palace and Figure, Oil on Canvas 19th Century

Oil on canvas. On the back there is written " Fanny Decio Decio pinse": it's about Francesc (Fanny) Decio Decio (1809-1888), wife of Angelo Decio (her cusin that's why the double same lastname), jurist, officer of the Habsburg army and government delegate for the Asburgo of Lombardy and that in 1848 was protagonist of the historical Five Days of Milan. About the wife Fanny we know a little: there is a portrait of her, that come along with the one of her husband, kept inside the Recchi Ruscone Family Villa in Inzago, family with whichthe Decio were related; her name also appears in the " list of the contributor to the flag offere by the Milanese women to the brave Piedmontese Ligurian army". The painting represents a big noble palace in the middle of the hilly countryside; in the fron there is a paesant with her cow. It's in ggod conditions, alredy restored and presented with a frame from late 19th century.

The Delivery of the Decalogue to Moses Painting 19th Century

The delivery of the Decalogue to Moses

Painting with the technique of "succo d'erba" with embroidery on canvas. The central scene represents the bibliccal episode of the delivery of the Tables of Law with the Decalogue to Moses from God on the Sinai Mount. All the frame is painted with elaborate floral and plants motifs, with winged animals; inside these motifs there are several heraldic coat of arms and the maxim "Fide Consilio Manu" repeted several times; the coat of arm and the maxim refer to the Sebregondi Family, noble family of Como.

Family Portrait 19th Century

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a young family composed by father, mother and small child. The baby is in the centre of the painting, he almost resembles Baby Jesus for how he is posing and how he is dressed. He is holding his parent's hands, creating a chain of familiar intimacy. The painting belonged to a private collection of and important family in Milan. It has been restored and relined. It is presented in a gilded and decorated coeval frame.

Grass Juice Painting Hunting Scene 19th Century

The great Hunting Scene

Grass juice technique. The painting depicts a deer hunt: in the forefront a dog is flushing out the animal from the woods, on the right there are hunters on horseback. Grass juice. The painting requires cleaning to resume colors due to the layer of dust.

Grass Juice Hunting Scene 19th Century

The great Hunting Scene

Grass juice. Big hunting scene depicting a deer hunt: on the right a deer is lying on the ground, lifeless, surrounded by the dogs and the servant. On the left a lady on horseback is observing the scene while a horseman is pleasing her. On the background other horsemen are rushing. The painting requires cleaning to resume original colors, dulled by a layer of dust.

Tribute to Napoleon Oil Painting 19th Century

Tempera on paper applied to canvas. The drawing depicts a tribute to Napoleone Bonaparte, who is surrounded by some officials to the right and dignitaries and nobles to the left. The scene is set on a wide terrace surrounded by a double colonnade decorated with friezes and statues that create a frame enclosing the conqueror. The terrace overlooks an indefinite and boundless landscape which clearly represents Napoleone's great expansion. Some stains and losses of color. 19th century.