Rodolfo Morgari

Female nude

Oil on canvas. Signed in the bottom left of the page. Rodolfo Morgari, a teacher for many years at the Accademia Albertina of Turin, his native city, was widely known as interior decorator (he was appointed in 1858 "as a decorator and restorer of the Royal palaces") and the restorer, but he also distinguished himself as a painter of historical subjects and allegorical subjects, and were not lacking in his production of many portraits. In his later depicts several naked women, tied to the mythology but not only, that express, through a sensuality and an elegance emphasized, the meaning of the spiritualization of the body. In the work presented, the young woman is depicted lying asleep in her bed, partially covered by a veil and by a fine yellow fabric, in a pose that is strongly sensual, but elegant and relaxed; the scene is devoid of erotic features, but also refers to an 'atmosphere of wellbeing and serenity, both for the composition and the colour choices warm and enveloping. Is there a version of this work, which went on auction at The Rocca of Turin in 2003 with the title "The sleeping beauty", identical in composition, but with the addition of a fan and flower in her left hand. The proposed work is presented in a frame in the style of the mid '900.

Giuseppe Palanti

Portrait of a young man

Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right. Giuseppe Palanti was a painter, advertising designer, illustrator, set designer, quality and Italian teacher of visual arts at the Academy of Brera in Milan. In his paintings include several portraits of important characters of the era, including Pope Pius XI and one of the official portraits of Benito Mussolini. Many of his portraits of female characters. The work presented is the portrait of a little boy who, in spite of the serious expression and the dress in the adult, reveals in the face, rosy and beardless, almost feminine, and his gaze a little lost and uncertain, his youth. The painting is presented in the frame of the end '800 that presents some of the shortcomings.

Portrait of an Hunter, Oil on Canvas, Lombard School 18th Century

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a gentleman at the end of an hunting trip: he's standring upright and pointing with and hand the pack of dogs around him; on his left his servant is holding with an hand the prey and with the other one the hunting's horn; on his right there is his rifle, standing upright, and another hunter on his horese is getting closer; in the backgronud we can see hill under a cloudy sky and an hunt in progress. The style and the composition perfectly locate the painting inside the LOmbard portraiture of 18th century. In particular this painting recalls Vittore Ghislandi's work, known as Fra' Galgario (1655-1743), in whose prodution there are similar portraits. Even if very close to the realistic style, in this painting there is not that representing irony with which Ghislandi used to undeline and accuse the whicknesses of a nobility in decline. Teh painting needs cleaning and restoring: shows a little hole on the servant's face and small color drops; it had already been restored. The painting comes along with coeval wood frame with engraved and gilded leafy inlays.

Portrait of a Young Woman, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a young middle-class woman from the beginning of 19th century who's flaunting her rich jewels over the collar of the back dress. Restored. Comes with coeval gilded frame.

The Transfer of the Holy Home of Mary, Oil on Canvas, 18th Century

Oil on canvas. The sacral scene shows the Vergin Mary holding Beby Jesus who are being brought to heaven on a cloud by a rank of angels; next to her, on another cloud ther is her house of Nazaret. The story of this miracle starts in 1291, year after the falling of the last christian fortness in Holy Land when crusaders were sent away. Some days before their final defeat by the muslims, the Holy House of Nazaret was detached from her foundations and was brought by the angels to Tersatto that today is a distric of Fiume in Croatia: that happened suddenly during the night between 9th and 10th of May 1291. The Holy Home where Virgin Mary was born, place of the Annunciation and of the Incarnation of Our Lord, Where Baby Jesus was raised by Mery and Joseph, was protected from the threat of destruction by Turks. After the hous was moved other four times, landing at the end, in 1926, to the current location, Loreto. The painting had been restored and comes with coeval frame.

Maternity in a Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 20th Century

Oil on canvas. Anonymous author. Good quality. The great composition shows a popular maternity: the young woman is sitting with her child in a meadow of daisies; in the background, behind the village, there are hils and mountains that recall the pre-alpine landscape. Fair conditions. COmes with coeval frame that has some missing parts.

Portrait of Madame Sebatien Bottin, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century

Oil on canvas. On the back of the frame ther is a vintage title block that reports the identity of the woman portraited and her personal informatins. She's Marguerite Françoise Poincignon (1771-1831) that on August 20th 1794 merried the famous statesman and politician Sebastien bottin who took part in the French Revolution giving up his ecclesiastical vows for her (the marriage with the portraited woman is dated back to that time) and well known as an expert in statistics; the " Almanach du commerce de Paris et des principales villes du monde " belogs to him and from him was generally named "bottin". Comes with coeval gilded frame.

Battle scene

Oil on canvas. The lombard school. Dramatic battle scene, where the melee general is the background to the armed clash between two knights; between the uniformity of the colours brown and grey of the landscape and of the combat, contrasting to the two sides, the red of the clothes of a knight and the white horse of the other. Already ritelato, it requires cleaning. It is presented in the ancient frame-adapted.

Raffaele Frigerio

Street musicians

Oil on canvas. Signed in the upper right. Funny scene of the same genre that sees an elderly mandolin player accompanied by a little boy who sings, in spite of the clothes that have been discharged, and the poor environment, both of which appear to be enjoy and happy with their music performance! The theme of the characters and of the road and popular figures is a recurring one in the production of this artist. The work is presented in full frame, guilloche years '30.

The Holy Bishop

Oil on canvas. The Italian school. The holy franciscan of the type of habit, and the Bishop to declare the pastoral staff and the mitre on his right hand, is characterized however by a time attribute, the royal crown:a royal crown: it reminds us of San Ludovico d'angiò (1274-1297) , prince of the royal house of Anjou of Naples, franciscan friar and bishop of Toulouse, whose worship is widely diffused in France (Toulouse, Valencia, Marseille) and in Italy (Naples, Perugia, italy and Serravalle). The painting is presented in the first canvas. Has small drops of color and in need of cleaning.

Portrait of a Noblewoman, Oil on Canvas, 17th Century

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a rich woman with an elegan gown embellished with shown off jewels lined up on a vertical line that starting from her face, down her neck, richly dressed up with a glod neckless, has her center on the cameo on the woman's brest and goes down until the rings on her hands which pose is justified by the close fan that their're holding. Alredy resored and displayed in a frame.

Glimpse of the country

Oil on panel. School north-european. It is the view of a town on the sea, where stands the small fortress that overlooks the seafront and gives access to the country; in the background the bell tower in the style of purely nordic. On the frame is affixed to the label of attribution to Henry, Darien. The work is in a contemporary frame.

Landscape with Figures and Cattle

Oil on panel. The flemish school. On the back there is the phrase of attribution to Nicholas Berchem. The subject introduced - a couple of shepherds with animals grazing in a mountain landscape rather arid, surmounted by a rocky point which well refer to an environment of the northern Europe - approaches to the production of the Dutch painter of the SEVENTEENTH century, specialised in pastoral scenes populated by characters with mythological or biblical figures. The painting is presented in a frame ridorata of the NINETEENTH century.

Group of seven Studies of Figures in Anna's Mouth

Pastels on paper. The daughter of the well-known painter of vigevano Luigi Bocca, an important representative of the painting a realistic pavese and his one and only teacher, Anna's Mouth himself as still very young, exposing his essays to important exhibitions such as the Biennale di Brera in Milan. In his painting, prevail, still lifes, landscapes, and human figures, as in this group of sketches, depicting mostly nude, male and female. All signed lower right, lead however dates and locations are different, ranging from the works of the years of youth (1919,1922) to a few of a more advanced age (1969). Two of them also carry a dedication. The drawings are executed on paper, probably coming from the album from the drawing, of which there were holes to tear up. The sizes vary: the largest has dimensions 58 x 49 cm, the other approximately 40 x 30 cm. In the frame.

Ernesto Alcide Campestrini

The good fruit

Oil on masonite. Signed in the bottom left of the page. To the back another signature and title of the work. And' a still life in which the autumn fruits (grapes and oranges) which give the title to the work, stand out for the vivid colors in the midst of other objects (books, the knife, the print behind it). Ernesto Alcide Campestrini, milanese artist who trained at the Academy of Brera and the school of the father Alcide David, devoted himself to the still life, the painting of the figure and to the alpine landscape, the trentino, and in particular, to a technique related to the paternal school and to the tradition of the late nineteenth century. In the frame.

Giuseppe Pessina

"At Serina,Bergamo"

Oil on canvas. Signed in the bottom left of the page. The '40 years approximately. Giuseppe Pessina, milanese by birth and training, is known as a landscape painter, which he immortalised in his paintings and views of the Alps of lombardy, especially of the nearby valleys of bergamo. The painting is presented in a contemporary frame guilloche.

The landscape of Eso Peluzzi

On The Tanaro,1950

The landscape of Eso Peluzzi. On The Tanaro, 1950. Oil on plywood. Signed in the lower right. At the back of this label from the artist's studio with the number of the work, 478, the execution date of 1950 and the title. In the frame.

Genre Scene with Figures, Oil on Canvas, 18th Century

Oil on canvas. Italian School. The scene with immature people takes place at the duty couter, probaby for a transit payment: the tax collector seems bored sitting under his tent while counting the money that the wayfarer gave him while outside his wife is waiting suffering for the large pregnant belly and is holding the horse by the bridles. The painting had been restored and comes with a gilded ancient wood frame.

Family tree of the earls of Charlemont

Mixed technique on paper. And' the family tree of the family Caulfields, noble, Charlemont, County Armagh), Peer of Ireland, and Barons of the United Kingdom. The genealogy part from 1620, the year in which Sir Toby Caulfields got the noble title of Baron, and reaches up to the second half dell'800. The house of nobility still belongs to the Pariah of Ireland: formerly the british crown continues to guarantee descendants of the noble families of the irish people their right of precedence, and the right to sit in the house of Lords. In the frame.

Illustration of the tale "the Thorny journey"

Mixed technique on paper applied on cardboard. Signed Albert in the lower right. At the back there is the title, which identifies the scene as an illustration of the story "Thorny journey" written by Giorgio Scerbanenco, the famous writer ,essayist and journalist (1911-1969) origin ukraine, author of numerous tales of character, a detective story. L' illustration proposal is probably part of an illustrated book, as it is also deduced from the inscription at the back "News 42".