Modern Painting Signed Noè Bordigon Oil on Cardboard '800 - Female Portrait

Christ the Worker ca. 1950

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right F. Venzo SJ (Societas Jesu, the motto of the Jesuits). This is a work by the Jesuit friar Mario Venzo, a Venetian painter who, after painting during his bohemian youth in Paris, devoted himself to monastic life in 1940, while continuing to paint. This work depicts a young worker in the foreground, inside a modern artisan's workshop, his head surrounded by light: this is likely a modern projection of the young Jesus at work in his father's workshop. The style of the work harks back to Venzo's pictorial period before 1953, the year after which his work became more vibrant with bright, vivid colors and a more stylized figure, while still often focusing on sacred subjects. The work is presented in a frame.

Portrait of a Dame with Dog, 1934

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. A work by the Hungarian painter Géza Kövesdy, who primarily painted female portraits and landscapes, sometimes enlivened by naive figures. The female figure with a small dog is a recurring theme, almost a symbol of the social status of these wealthy bourgeois ladies. The pictorial style is influenced by Impressionism, in the nuances and interplay of light. The painting is presented in a contemporary frame.

Interior with Flowers 1995

Oil on canvas. Signature, date, and title on the back. The painting expresses the Morandi-esque style of Maurizio Ligas, an artist who emerged in the 1970s and 1980s but who adopted an anti-modern style, playing on the luminosity of his subjects. Framed.

Harvest Scene 1959

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. The Brescian artist Eliodoro Coccoli "was not by vocation an easel painter" but rather established himself primarily as an interior and exterior decorator, creating secular frescoes for various Lombard villas and sacred subjects for numerous churches. His canvases are very few, and mostly date from before 1922, the year in which his decorative production greatly expanded, but numerous sketches and several preparatory canvases for frescoes remain. This grape harvest scene may also be part of this type of production, although it is defined and detailed in its details. Coccoli's style cannot be traced to any particular movement; indeed, he is considered an expert in eclecticism: he selects the figurative repertoire best suited to the client's needs, adapting his style to the subject and the architectural characteristics of the location. Furthermore, it demonstrates a refined, at times virtuosic, technical expertise. The work is presented in a frame.

Interior with Fireplace

Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. This painting presents a recurring theme of the Florentine painter Mario Fattori, who depicted moments of peasant and pastoral life, primarily in Tuscany. The scene here is set in a large, sparsely furnished room in a farmhouse, with a large fireplace in front of which all the female household chores take place: while the pot simmers on the stove, the women sew, card wool, and cook, while the chickens roam freely. The work is presented in a contemporary frame.

Landscape with Lake Glimpse

Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Little biographical information is available about Angelo Rovida, a landscape painter from Lodi who painted landscapes and urban views, primarily in Northern Italy. The painting is presented in a contemporary guilloché frame.

Oil on canvas. Unidentified signature lower right. An elegant and refined composition of roses in delicate shades of pink and white, arranged in a gilded metal basin, sits on a small table along with pomegranates, a symbol of fertility and prosperity, an embossed silver plate, and a casket containing a pearl necklace. The background, in a single, earthy, nuanced color, highlights the light effects of the flowers and objects.

Oil on canvas. Unidentified signature lower right. Decorative panels with various flowers—roses, carnations, violets—scattered freely on a light background. There are several small, scattered losses of color, the background color predominating. Framed with slat frames.

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Crescent-shaped, originally intended as a panel above a door, the canvas features a pleasant yet melancholic composition of loose roses arranged on a raised painted surface. The work is presented in a period frame.

Oil on canvas. Signed A. Dronsart at the bottom left. A delicate composition of roses in a vase, in soft, pale hues that play on nuanced effects. Presented in a contemporary gilded frame.

Still Life with Clock and Fruit

Oil on hardboard. Signed lower left. The Milanese artist, son of the famous painter Alcide Davide Campestrini, devoted himself to still life, figure painting, and Alpine landscapes, using a technique rooted in his father's school and the late 19th-century tradition. Typical of his work is the composition presented here, which juxtaposes scattered fruit—in this case, oranges and grapes—with an elegant, antique table clock. The painting is presented in a contemporary frame (1960s-1970s).

Figure in Landscape 1920

Oil on canvas. Signature, date, and location (Venice) at lower left. Work by the Venetian artist Giovanni Caldana, who established himself as a portraitist. Presented here is a portrait of a man in walking attire against the backdrop of Alpine mountain slopes. The work is presented in a period frame.