The NINETEENTH Century - 1800

Saint Nazario and Celso Oil On Canvas 17th Century

Oil on canvas. Nazario and Celso were two Christian martyrs, who died in Milan in 304 a.C., veneered both by the Catholic and the Orthodox Church, who travelled through Italy as evangelisers, and were persecuted by Romans. According to the tradition, the two young men were condemned to die and put on a ship that was supposed to take them offshore, where they would have been thrown overboard. The legend narrates that, once they had been thrown overboard, they started walking on water. There was a storm which terrorised the sailors, who asked Nazario for help. The waters got calm immediately. In the end, the ship landed in Genua, where Nazario and Celso continued their evangelising work, in all the Liguria region and pushing even to Milan, where they were arrested again and sentenced to death a second time. The painting is in its first canvas and has never been restored, it needs some cleaning up but it is in good condition (micro paint losses). It is presented in a coeval frame, with defects.

Louis Icart Etching 1936

Gay Trio 1936

Retouched and hand painted etching. Signed with pencil bottom right. Louis Icart, born in Toulouse in 1888, moved to Paris in 1907, where he devoted himself to painting, to graphic illustrations, quickly becoming one of the main exponents of Art Déco, reaching fame both in Europe and in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. It is peculiar, in his production, the representation of sensual and provocative female figures, often clearly erotic, but always in a very ironic and humorous. Horses, dogs and cats often appear as co-protagonists of the scene. In this etching, dated 1936, all of these elements of his can be recognized: the femme fatale, inside a club, sitting in a sensual way on the tall bar stool, accompanied by... two nice dogs, one which is even drinking with a straw!

Oil On Canvas On Cardboard Attributable To Master Of Reflections 1700

The Morning Toilet

Oil on canvas, applied on cardboard. The Master of Reflections, anonymous Venetian artist from mid 1700, he was an artist who belonged to the circle of the Venetian artist Pietro Longhi (1701-1785), who specialised and followed up with genres and costumes with scenes of life in Venice, which made him famous from the mid '700. These paintings told captivating stories of the low class or high society of Venice, immersed in their daily life, answering the illuministic desire to question the reality around us. The popularity of these subjects between the aristocrats and the Venetian intellectuals (amongst who was the great comedy writer Carlo Goldoni) favoured the appearance of many imitators and followers, including the Master of Reflections. The scene here proposed is set in the bedroom of the Lady, who is getting up and, assisted by her helpers, proceeds towards the "morning toilet"; in the armchair on the side, her husband, still in his bedroom clothes, reads the paper. The piece comes from an important historical Italian collection. It is presented in a gilded frame from the end of '800/Early '900.