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Group of 4 chairs; chromed metal tubular, foam padding and leather upholstery.

16th Century / 1501 - 1600

A basement of the Renaissance, bronze. Three feet and a hole in the middle. Three paws of winged lions support the basement. Bas reliefs depicting garlands surmounted by storks are represented within a reserve contained in moldings on each side of the basement. The three uprights are surmounted by ram's heads. The round relief was probably welded in the 19th century to convert the item in an inkpot. Manufactured in Tuscany, Italy, first half of the 16th century.

Glimpse of a snowy town

Oil on hardboard. Signed lower right. Born in 1905, Gaetano Valbusa worked for over forty years as a worker in the Brescia Mechanical Workshops, until retirement, devoting himself to painting only as a passion. Landscape painter, thanks to business trips he was able to portray "en plein air" glimpses of the whole world, even if the glimpses of the places in Brescia are the most recurring subject. Affiliated to the Brescian Artists Association, he was able to exhibit his works and make himself known by critics. In his canvases the landscapes are permeated with great serenity and tranquility, an elegy of serene memories of real life. The glimpse proposed here is presented in a frame.

Landscape with Ancient Style Figures

Oil on hardboard. Signed lower right. Born in Milan in 1913, and trained at the Brera Academy (of which he later became a teacher), Adriano Gajoni became passionate about the study of seventeenth-century Lombard painters and Dutch and Flemish painting of the seventeenth century, from whose meticulous realism he let himself be inspired. Of strict figurative observance, Gajoni preferred landscapes, portraits and above all still lifes, which he expressed in fairy-tale and allegorical compositions. He mainly practiced oil painting on wood and hardboard. Also this painting proposes a landscape of ancient taste: in the countryside, on the path that runs along a wide river, a pastoral figure passes on his donkey, followed by his small herd. The work is presented in a style frame.

Concrete paste sculpture depicting the bust of a man. Anonymous author.

Table with carved decorative details and small drawers under the top, solid beech wood and mahogany veneer, entirely cherry stained, remarkable clear glass laying on top.

Vases in terracotta

Pair of medicean vases with plinth shaped base decorated with anathemas. The two vases show the same decoration of two handles shaped as ram's head. The surface is gilded with gold leaf. One of the two vases had been restored.

280 x 180 cm

Vintage monochrome rug, mixed wool. 1970s-1980s. Good condition.

Elegant table, teak wood, brass leg tips. A table with a typical line from the 60s, from Northern Europe, suitable for an environment that wants to rediscover a Vintage taste from other times, an excellent proposal to give new life to things.

Coat hanger in white enamelled metal and nickel-plated brass.

France Second Fourth XIXth Century

Restoration dressing table finished in a day entirely veneered with mahogany feather, France, second quarter of the 19th century. Stand with pair of side drawers and tilting mirror, top in white marble with tray, drawer in the band containing Moroccan insert placed on a sliding wooden panel; column rear legs, moved front legs, the latter ending with lion feet in gilded bronze resting on a shaped base with wheels. Decorated with leaves and floral elements in chiseled gilt bronze. Mahogany and poplar interior.

Tableau doré

Mixed technique on plywood (painting and silver paper sheets). On the back, authentic with stamp and signature of the artist's sister. The work belongs to the series of Tableaux dorés, works created by the Milanese artist Remo Bianco starting from the 1950s. Born and educated in Milan, Remo Bianco was a pupil of De Pisis, in whose studio he frequented the great Italian artists of the twentieth century (Carrà, Sironi, Savinio, Soffici, Soldati, Marini, Cantatore). After the interlude of the war (enlisted, sank with his ship and was taken prisoner in Tunis), he resumed his artistic activity in Milan, participating in the Nuclear Movement and Spatialism, coming to completely detach himself from figurative painting to create works made of brushstrokes mashed potato. At the beginning of the fifties he began to create works, pictorial and sculptural, with different materials and to experiment with different themes and techniques; to this production belong the Tableaux dorés, composed of silvered or gilded aluminum foils on painted bases. The work is presented in a frame.

Oil painting on canvas. It is a vintage copy of the engraving of the same name made by Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), which had immediate success and gave rise to a series of printed replicas and painted copies. It presents the moment of the Passion in which Christ is crowned with the crown of thorns, the object of torture, the disparaging symbol of his proclamation as King of Kings. The act is performed by two figures, the Roman soldier and the Jew, representing the two people who they took part in Christ's death sentence. The figures, vigorous and sanguine, those of the two tormentors paler and more inert than the victim, create an intertwined composition of bodies, with that of the central Jesus joining the other two, uniting them in the shared responsibility of what they are doing; placed sideways, Jesus has his head bent forcibly to the left by the soldier who imposes the crown of thorns on him, while the Jew on the right places the bamboo cane in his hand, replacing the scepter. The scene is dominated by gloomy and dark colors, among which only the bright red of Christ's robe stands out, a symbol of his suffering humanity. The painting has been restored and relined. It is presented in a beautiful coeval frame, with shortcomings.

Bergamo, Early XVIII Century

Chest of drawers with front with 4 drawers decorated with walnut briar, cherry wood inlays and maple threads, uprights carved to depict caryatids with children's faces and inlaid bracket feet. Bergamo early 18th century

"Tolboi" model floor lamp, produced by Venini starting from 1987.

Italy, Early XX Century

Large sideboard in walnut with shaped and edged top. Front with upper door veneered in olive wood concealing flap, ornamental tray painted and set in the center of the reserve and two doors below with spool knob and borders in the lower band.

Northern Italy, Late XIX Century

Sideboard in larch with upper part decorated with pinnacles, shaped cymatium, front with two doors decorated with etched glass and an underlying body containing a single drawer in the band under the top and two carved doors. Uprights carved to depict curl motifs. Northern Italy, late 19th century

Novara Late XIX - Early XX Century

Hand-cranked piano in lacquered and painted wood, attributable to the Piedmontese production Ottina and Pellandi, Novara late 19th - early 20th century. The decorations and colors make it hypothesized a destination for Sicilian public places, where in this period dance parties, theatrical and cinematographic performances were held. The Ottina e Pellandi company was active in Novara between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Mechanism not tested.

Italy, late 19th century

Pendulum clock with imitation wood lacquered wooden structure, floral decorations and swirl lacquering. The exhibition frame is decorated with embossed sheet metal in the corners, the door covering it is damaged. Italy, late 19th century

Italy last quarter XVIII century

Pair of carved and gilded linden wood consoles decorated with a turned element on the lower band and grooves on the whole body. Sides with green lacquered reserve and decorated with phytomorphic motifs.

Central Italy, Early XVII Century

Antique chestnut sideboard resting on a platform, central Italy, early 17th century. Front with 2 drawers in the band and pair of doors. Decorated with frames. Turned knobs replaced.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Travel trunk in wood covered with iron foil straps fixed with studs. The metal bands are adorned with a decoration of plant racemes with flowers, made with a burin. The reserves between the metal foils are covered in velvet, now abraded adorned with a quadrangular motif with foil.