Modern Sculpture Gilded Bronze Prancing Horse Italy 1970s-1980s - Italy, 1970s-1980s

Oil on canvas. Signed at the bottom A. Greppi, but the signature is inconsistent given the period and cannot be attributed to the renowned painter. The scene draws on the 19th-century genre of popular realism, which featured genre scenes with figures in folk costumes, often engaged in folkloric or working poses, often in intimate family moments. In this case, a woman sitting on a meadow in the woods, busy with her sewing, caresses the head of the young man lying before her, perhaps her son. The painting is presented in a period frame.

Gouache on cardboard. View of the Bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius erupting, while the fishermen's lives continue as usual! Framed in period style.

Gouache on cardboard. Wide view of the Bay of Naples, taken from the hill north of the city, with a commoner walking along the path. Framed in period style.

Val Vogna

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. The back features a label from the 1928 Venice Exhibition. Mountain view of the Val Vogna, a small, wild side valley of the Valsesia. Trained at the Brera Academy under Tallone, Milanese artist Lodovico Zambeletti successfully devoted himself to landscape subjects, for which he expressed a particular sensitivity, although he also painted genre and environmental figures and was an important portraitist. The painting has slight paint loss; it requires restoration. Framed.

Portrait of a Lady

Crayons on cardboard. Signed lower right. Piero Galanti, an artist from Brescia, primarily painted landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. In his portraiture, Galanti favored depicting his subjects in solemn poses, in keeping with the tradition of official portraiture, taking pleasure in the preciousness of silks and velvets. The work is presented in a contemporary frame.

Portrait of a Boy

Crayons on cardboard. Signed upper right. Piero Galanti, an artist from Brescia, primarily painted landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. In his portraiture, Galanti favored depicting his subjects in solemn poses, in keeping with the tradition of official portraiture, taking pleasure in the preciousness of silks and velvets. Contemporary frame.

The Shepherdess

Oil on canvas. A beautiful figure of a young girl in traditional pastoral costume, elegant in her gold-fringed vest, her hat with a peacock feather, her earrings, her water bottle on her belt, and her hooked staff held firmly in her hands: it seems more like a portrait in folk costume than a real figure of the people. Pesenti became famous for his views of interiors, often of churches, but also for genre scenes with popular figures. The painting has been restored in the past. It is presented in a period frame.

Portrait of Dorina

Oil on canvas mounted on a wooden panel. The artist's monogram appears on the left margin. A small label, likely a participation in an exhibition, bearing the title "Dorina" is attached to the back. Casimiro Ottone, a painter and decorator from Vigevano, created numerous figure studies, as well as still lifes and floral compositions. His attention to the figure is particularly evident in the dense sequence of intense female faces, which recall late Scapigliatura stylistic criteria. The work is presented in a mid-20th-century frame.

Mountain Landscape

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower left. The Milanese painter Gino Federici specialized in Alpine views, as in this view, where in the foreground a flock of sheep drinks water from a stream, in the wide valley, under steep peaks. The painting is presented in a contemporary frame. It shows signs of previous restoration.

Copy from Paul Delaroche

Oil on canvas. This is a copy of the famous work by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856), which presents the story of baby Moses not as usually depicted, rescued from the waters, that is, at the moment of his discovery by the Pharaoh's daughter, but in the dramatic moment of the child's entrustment/abandonment to save him from the Pharaoh's decree, with his sister Miriam, who had been entrusted with the task, watching the basket hidden among the reeds on the shore. Delaroche's work, dated around 1853, is actually lost, but is known through engravings and preparatory studies. Some paint loss from a vertical scratch at the top. The painting is presented in a period gilded frame.

Sea Glimpse

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. In a stretch of Nordic sea, near a coastline inhabited by a small cluster of houses, a small boat braves the rough sea. The German painter Andreas Dirks made a name for himself with his Nordic seascapes featuring boats at the mercy of rough waters. The painting is presented in a mid-20th-century frame.

Female Portrait

Watercolor on paper. Signed lower left. Vincenzo Migliaro always found Naples, with its vibrant popular life, his main source of inspiration. He depicted various figures from Neapolitan everyday life, both in specific settings and as half-length portraits, as in this case. The work has some moisture stains on the paper. Framed in period style.