Antique Trumeau Walnut Leafy Carvings Italy XX Century - Northern Europe, XX Century

Europe, Second Half XX Century

Septarian stone sculpture depicting a turtle. Made in Europe.

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right "J. Dupont da Velzquez". This is a copy of Diego Velazquez's famous masterpiece, painted around 1657 and housed at the Prado Museum. Until the mid-20th century, the painting was titled "The Tapestry Factory of Santa Isabel in Madrid": only in 1948 did studies by art historian and critic Diego Angulo Íñiguez identify a connection between the painting and the ancient Greek myth of Arachne. In the foreground, several spinners work in a bare, dimly lit room, with a soft light reflected from the background. Five women are depicted: on the left, in the dim light, the eldest spinner operates the reel; in front of her, on the right, in full light, a young girl is collecting thread on the reel; They are respectively the representations of Athena, still hidden under false guise, and the human Arachne, during their contest. The other three women are merely surrounding elements; the central one is merely a static silhouette. In the background, central and illuminated by a powerful beam of light emerging from the left, and enlivened by the bright colors of the tapestry and the robes, is the scene of the goddess's revelation to the woman. Compared to the original, this copy, while faithful in the figures and details depicted, is painted with more nuanced brushstrokes and less defined outlines, as well as less vibrant colors. The work is presented in a frame.

France, XIX-XX Century

Gilded antimony clock with a wide base decorated with leafy scrolls. Enamelled metal dial with Roman numerals surmounted by the figure of a courtier and a portrait of a young woman painted on porcelain. Gilded wood and velvet stand.

Portrait of a Girl, 1940

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. Attilio Corsetti was primarily a landscape painter, dedicating several views of Liguria, but he also painted several portraits. He adhered to the "Novecento" movement, which expressed a reaction to the avant-garde in favor of a return to tradition. The work is presented in a contemporary wooden frame.

Figure of a Scholar in Reading

Oil on panel. Signed lower right. The paintings of Franke, an artist of Polish origin who trained and lived in Munich, are characterized by genre scenes, eighteenth-century settings, and Oriental subjects. They are all characterized by lively movement and color, extremely lively scenes with figures frozen in curious, almost exaggerated poses. In this painting, the man, elegantly dressed with a frock coat and wig, leans inelegantly against the table, intent on reading, a pencil in his mouth. His brightly colored figure emerges from the shadowy surroundings—a study. The work is presented in an early 20th-century frame.

France, XIX-XX Century

Table clock in engraved black marble with brecciated marble details. Enamelled metal dial decorated with a painted garland, Arabic numerals. Gilded bronze frame. Japy Frères Medaille d'Honneur hallmark engraved inside.

Copy from G. Antonio Canal

Oil on canvas. A beautiful twentieth-century copy of Canaletto's work, created around 1736. The painting is in a private collection but is known for its printed reproductions, particularly in Visentini's series of etchings from 1742. The view depicts the Venetian town of the same name, with the church of San Salvador on the left and the Scuola Grande di San Teodoro in the center. Numerous figures, elegant gentlemen strolling, commoners, and artisans intent on their work, enliven the scene. The work, much larger than the original, has a striking decorative and scenographic impact. It is presented in a period frame.

France, XIX-XX Century

Oval-shaped gilt-bronze travel clock with beveled glass and cylinder escapement movement. Enamelled metal dial with Roman numerals and Arabic numeral alarm.

Gouache on cardboard. The view of the Bay of Naples at night, illuminated by the erupting Vesuvius volcano, is part of a large production for tourism, due to the evocative beauty of the location. The work is presented in a period frame.

Italy, Early XX Century

A circular, ribbed stone basin. A relief rosette is located at the center of the basin.

Glimpse of the Country

Oil on panel. Giulio Vito Musitelli, an artist from Bergamo, was a portraitist, landscape painter, and a highly personal and sensitive painter of rural life. Presented here is a small glimpse of a village, where the nearly uniform color of the earth and stone, struck by a few rays of light, reveals a narrow alley. The work is presented in a contemporary frame (1920s-1930s).

Tempera on cardboard. The broad view spans a harbor in a large gulf, likely that of Naples; seen from the heights of the hills behind, it features two popular figures ascending a wide path in the foreground. The painting is part of a large series of landscape paintings for tourism. Presented in a contemporary frame.