Antique Sculpture Prancing Horse Bronze Europe XX Century - Europe, XX Century

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gouache on cardboard. The view of the picturesque grotto on the island of Capri is part of a large production for tourism, due to the evocative beauty of the location. The work is presented in a period frame.

Sledding on the Snow

Tempera on cardboard. Signed lower left. Russian artist Egorov has made a name for himself with his views of the Russian winter countryside, blanketed in snow and often animated by horse-drawn sleighs carrying villagers. The work is framed.

Tempera on cardboard. Wide view of a valley crossed by a Roman aqueduct spanning a stream; mountain peaks in the background, while in the foreground a woman and her child walk along the path. The work is part of a large body of Italian landscapes, here likely from central Italy, created for tourism. In a contemporary frame.

The Morning of the Roses

Oil on canvas. This is a copy, with minor variations, of the famous painting by Giovanni Giani, currently housed at the Quirinale Palace in Rome (purchased in 1906 by Queen Margherita). The work depicts a young woman in white in a moment of suspended expectation, sitting on a windowsill in the garden, surrounded by flowering rose bushes. The figure evokes a delicate and melancholic atmosphere, representing a symbol of expectation, purity, and youth. The work is an example of the Verist-Art Nouveau style of the Piedmontese artist Giani. Our large-scale painting recreates the strong decorative impact of the original. It is presented in an early 20th-century frame.

Portrait of an Officer

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Giuseppe Amisani established himself as a portraitist of famous and high-ranking figures. Considered late Impressionist, his painting was influenced by the Belle Époque, which led him to use vibrant colors and rapid brushstrokes, yet always with an eye for elegance. The sitter portrayed here is a high-ranking officer, seated, albeit with a very straight and military stance, in a luxuriously furnished living room. The work is framed in period style.

View of the Village at Sunset

Oil on cardboard. Signed lower right. Gheduzzi was best known for his work as a set designer at the Teatro Regio in Turin, but he also established himself as a landscape painter, painting en plein air in the style of the Rivara school, a Piedmontese imitator of the more famous Barbizon landscape school. This glimpse of a country village, illuminated by the rosy reflections of the sunset sky, exudes a captivating atmosphere. The work is presented in a carved and gilded wooden frame, with some minor losses.

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.