Vintage 1960s Cabinet Design M. Vender Beech Veneer Italy

Male Statue Mid 19th Century

Herm of a young man depicted in the Roman style, according to the classical taste in vogue until the mid-19th century. Made of white Carrara marble.

Lombardy, Early XVIII Century

Baroque Lombard drop-leaf cabinet made of fir, veneered in walnut and walnut root, ebonized frames. Front with three tripartite drawers, with leaf spring movement. Drop-leaf cabinet with internal bipartite door, moved cabinet with six drawers with maple fillets and ebonized frames, sliding top concealing a secret compartment. Upright with drop-leaf top, contemporary bronze nozzles, vase-shaped feet. Lombardy, early 18th century.

Vis à Vis 1963

Mixed media (marker, watercolor) on paper. signed and dated lower right. Jean Cocteau was a multifaceted artist: writer, playwright, playwright, he also dabbled in visual arts, loving to experiment with all the avant-gardes of his century. Cocteau published his first book of drawings in 1923, at just 36 years old. In it the poet portrayed his friends Raymond Radiguet, Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc, but also numerous scenes of daily life in Paris, Nijinski's Russian ballets, allegories, caricatures, poetic images. Cocteau revealed himself to be a talented sketcher, but above all an artist capable of capturing the essence of faces, behaviors, human weaknesses. The theme of the face, or rather of faces, often two profiles facing each other, vis à vis, recurs in his pictorial production. In 1962 the artist completed the construction of the open-air theatre in Cap d'Ail, on the French Mediterranean coast, whose flooring is decorated with this subject, two faces with a Greek profile facing each other, with an eye in between; the subject was then re-proposed by him in the following period - moreover the one imminent to his sudden death -, with different variations. In the drawing presented here we find the two Greek profiles, separated by the third eye but also by two twisted snakes, while in the drawing of the theatre we find leaves. The work is presented in a frame.

Oil on canvas. The painting looks at the similar work by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), datable around 1560-70 and now preserved in the Prado Museum, of which our painting takes the composition of the figures, changing the entire background and the clothing of the characters. Veronese's work was so successful that it was replicated by his own workshop, with numerous variations: our work probably derives from one of these copies, replicated at a later time. The episode depicted is narrated in the biblical book of Exodus and tells of the finding of the little Moses, left by his mother in a basket along the banks of the Nile River, to save him from the massacre of the children of Israel perpetrated by the Pharaoh; the Pharaoh's daughter, who went to the river with her entourage, finds him and saves him, adopting him. The figures in the scene are depicted in eighteenth-century clothing, in particular the princess' dress stands out for its richness and sumptuousness; the only exotic element is the presence of a colored servant in the retinue, while the background also refers to a landscape of northern Europe, with thick woodland vegetation. The painting, restored and relined, is presented in an 11th century frame.

Milan, Third Quarter of the XVIII Century

Carved and lacquered fireplace with a painted canvas with a still life in the center and a mirror underneath. The whole surface is carved with rocaille motifs called "a pel de rava"according to the Milanese taste. Milan third quarter of the eighteenth century.

Italy, Early XVIII Century

Pair of angels from the Baroque period, resting on bases decorated with characteristic curlicue motifs and putti heads; the two figures are depicted in a mirrored position, one arm raised to hold the support for the candle. The lacquering and gilding were resumed in the second half of the 19th century.

Italy, Late XX Century

Finely chiseled silver elephant. Under one foot, marks of the manufacturer and silver incised. Grams 2855.