Antique Flap Cabinet Maple Bronze 5 Drawers Italy XIX Century - Trentino Mid XIX Century

Scene with Guards in the City, 1875

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. The English painter George Goodwin Kilburne specialized in genre scenes set in the life of the Victorian upper middle class, with hunting scenes, living room scenes, all characterized by elegance, by the meticulousness of details especially of the female figures. In 1875 Kilburne stayed a few months in Rome, and then traveled to other Italian and European cities. The scene depicted here, actually from 1875, seems to be set in Rome: at a guard post in the city, as the urban glimpse that can be seen from the open door clearly explains, some soldiers wearing the uniform of the Vatican guards are resting. The work is presented in a late 19th-early 20th century frame.

Central Italy, Mid XIX Century

Eclectic style processional staff finial in lacquered and gilded wood with relief motifs and figures.

Oil on canvas. The scene of the well-known evangelical episode of the adoration of the wise men is set in an unusual setting: the Holy Family is not in a hut or a stable, but in front of the architectural remains of an imposing marble building; placed on top of a hill, it sees in the background a flat landscape rich in vegetation and inhabited by villages with numerous bell towers. The figures of the kings and the family are depicted with delicate lines, bright but shaded colors, detailed details; moreover in the right corner of the scene appears an emaciated, poor, indistinct figure, a beggar who, hidden in the shadow of the palace, bows to pay homage to the little Jesus, on a par with the rich and powerful kings in his humble devotion. On the back of the canvas there are traces of small restorations. At the bottom right there is a slight cut. The work is presented in a period frame.

Battle Scene 1871

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. The Swiss painter Charles Humbert mainly created landscapes animated by grazing herds, but also several battle scenes, however characterized by a realistic mannerism, for the careful study of the veristic detail inserted in a still romantic vision of the whole. The work is presented in a period frame.

Oil on panel. Central European school of the mid-19th century. The work derives from that of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712 -1774), now preserved in the National Gallery in London, created in 1745 by the German painter looking at the pictorial methods of the Flemish artist Adriaen Van Ostade, a painter of scenes of everyday life. Dietrich's painting became known through the engraving that was made by Jean George Wille. In the scene, framed under an arch leading to a house, two street musicians are depicted in the foreground, playing the violin and the bagpipes, accompanied by several curious passers-by. The work is presented in an early 1900s frame.

Oil on canvas. An undeciphered name appears at the top left. The portrait shows a young woman, probably in mourning, due to her dark dress and the afflicted expression of the woman, although very young. Her pale face emerges from the dark background, in which her hair, shoulders and dress fade. The canvas is presented in a golden frame from the first half of the 20th century.

Landscape with Figures and Bread Oven

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower left. The landscape view shows in the foreground a mountain path that leads to a bread oven, where a woman prepares the bundles of wood for the fire, while a traveler approaches on the back of a donkey; in the valley the viaduct over the river that leads to the village, surmounted by other barren peaks. Micheroux, belonging to the Posillipo school, or the nineteenth-century school of Neapolitan artists dedicated to landscape painting, created several glimpses of the Campania hinterland, but little is left of his production and little is known about his life. The painting has some small drops of color. It is presented in a late 19th century frame.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Oil painting on canvas. XVIII -XIX century. The sacred theme in this scene takes on a familiar connotation, full of very earthly tenderness and intimacy: in an almost exotic context, which evokes an oasis in the desert for palm trees and a spring of water in a barren and hilly landscape. bare, Joseph and Mary sit to rest during their flight to Egypt, to escape the persecution of Herod; the mother tenderly holds baby Jesus on her knees, looks at him tenderly and swaddles him, while Joseph observes them pleased and relaxed. The whole scene is characterized by the dominance of brown-ocher colors, from which only Maria's dress differs, in her traditional blue and red colors; in the background, a clear sky in the colors of a dawn that has just dawned, with shades of pink. The canvas was applied on a new frame from the mid-1900s and placed in a frame from the same period, which has some shortcomings.

Oil on canvas. Dutch school, late 19th century. Unidentified signature and date '80 on the lower left. Metal plate on the frame with "Ashelard Holland 1880" written on it. The landscape view, a vast cultivated countryside with gentle slopes, is crossed by a watercourse, navigated by some boats; on the left bank, a small group of houses, with a small church; some wayfarers cross paths on the path. Still on the first canvas, the painting is presented in a regilded frame from the early 1900s.

France, Late XIX Century

Travel clock with burgundy leather case; gilded bronze marshal with beveled glass, movement with cylinder escapement. Dial with Roman numeral hours and Arabic numeral minutes. Complete with winding key.

Italy, XIX-XX Century

Pair of stone mortars of slightly different size.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Pair of antique mirrors in gilded bronze with leafy scroll decorations, plant motifs and masks.