Antique Panels Neoclassical Style Decorations Poplar XIX Century - Italy, Late XIX - Early XX Century

The Return from the Feast of the Madonna dell' Arco in Naples

Oil on canvas. This is a copy of a famous painting by the painter Louis Léopold Robert (1794 -1835), which was exhibited at the Salon de Paris in 1827 and bought by King Louis Philippe; it is currently preserved in the Louvre Museum. The painting depicts a joyful festive scene, rich in folklore with costumed characters dancing the tarantella and in the background the fantastic panorama of the city of Naples. Robert, a Swiss artist, stayed several times in Italy, where he found inspiration for the creation of many works and established himself as a romantic genre painter and Grand Tour landscape painter, whose subjects were highly appreciated and replicated. The painting of the "Return from the feast of the Madonna dell' Arco in Naples", was part of a project by Robert, who intended to paint four large canvases on the seasons, set in four different parts of Italy: this one represented Spring. The canvas presented here, unsigned, is nevertheless of high pictorial quality. Restored and relined, it is presented in a late 19th - early 20th century frame.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Large mirror from the Umbertine period. Carved with large scrolls, curls and overlapping lambrequins, in the cymatium medallion with a knight's head and carved rose branches, mercury mirror, the entire surface is gilded in gouache.

Oil on canvas. French school, 19th century. Monogram JP at the bottom left. In orientalist style, the painting portrays a young woman in oriental clothes, adorned with jewels, who is holding a parakeet in her hand. In Christian symbolism, this bird has a meaning of purity and innocence, while in more secular iconography it indicates elegance, communicative ability or, more generally, refers to exoticism. The painting is presented in a contemporary frame.

Oil on canvas. Unidentified signature lower right. This is a copy of the work, also a full-length one, by Domenico Morelli, called "Mater Purissima", created around 1880 and subject to numerous replicas and variations in the following decades. The work is presented in an early 20th-century frame.

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a young lady sporting an elaborate hairstyle, large pendant earrings and a showy fur stole; behind her a sunset creates a play of light on the dark background of the sky. The painting is presented in a contemporary regilded frame.

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a young gentleman in a black overcoat. Relined, it is presented in a contemporary regilded frame.

Oil on canvas. Tasty depiction of popular life with caricature-like figures: three full-length commoners are depicted on the street while they converse intensely with each other, exchanging confidences or... gossip! Unsigned, the painting requires restoration due to a tear at the bottom.

Copy from David Teniers II

Oil on panel. The painting is a revised copy of the famous work by David Teniers the Younger (1610 -1690), executed between 1634 and 1640 and currently preserved at the Prado Museum in Madrid. The title of the lively scene refers to the so-called Twelfth Night, a celebration corresponding to the Epiphany, precisely twelve days after Christmas, which was the last night of celebrations, in which one could drink beyond one's limits, dedicate oneself to love, to partner and gender swapping, a sort of carnival, during which the King of Misrule (literally the king of Misrule) was elected, a ruler in reverse who imposed his laws, subverting rules and behaviors. This work, like many others by Teniers, had such success linked to the numerous commissions from royals and aristocrats during the 18th century, as to induce a large posthumous production of copyists, many of whom even signed with the artist's name. The painting presented here has several paint losses, to be remedied. It is in a late 19th century frame, adapted for size.

Italy 19th Century

Gilded wood mirror, top with leaf carvings and scrolls, mercury mirror. Missing parts. Italy, 19th century.

Italy

Walnut mirror, walnut veneer and maple fillets. Mercury mirror. Italy, 19th century.

Oil on canvas. Northern Italian school of the 19th century. The landscape depicts a wide countryside that opens onto the Alpine mountain range, preceded by the gentler pre-Alpine hill slopes; on the central path, which runs straight and perpendicular to the reliefs, a commoner is passing with his mule. The atmosphere is that of the end of the day, with pink shades illuminating the snow-capped peak. A very similar subject can be found in the production of the circle of Carlo Canella (1800 -1879), the Veronese artist known above all for his city views. The work is presented in a late 19th-century frame.