Antique Triptych Marble and Bronze Clock France XIX Century - France Second half of the 19th century

Antique Louis Philippe Étagère Walnut Italy XIX Century

Italy, Mid XIX Century

Louis Philippe corner etagere in walnut, Italy, mid-19th century. Perforated shelf stand, turned front uprights. Five total support surfaces.

Bust Of A Woman White Carrara Marble Italy Second Half 19th Century

The bust portrays a noble woman, richly dressed. Certainly a portrait, as can be seen from the detailed physiognomic characteristics of the face; the depicted subject has a stern gaze and attitude, an element that characterizes the portrait sculpures of the time. The hair are tied on the back of her head in an elaborate hairstyle with braids. The neck is adorned with a necklace with a medallion in the centre and multiple strings of pearls. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder dress, refined with a thin lace hem and a bow in the middle of her chest. The sculptor has great skills with the use of a chisel to refine details and the texture of fabrics.

Group of 4 Antique Corner Cupboards Louis Philippe Wood Italy XIX Cent

Italy Mid 19th century

Group of 2 Louis Philippe corner cupboards in Maple, Italy mid 19th century. Raised shaped and carved in curls, embellished with reserves with perimeter frames; white marble tops, wavy front with glass doors, internal compartments equipped with mercury mirrors. Inlaid with Charles X motifs in walnut and decorated on the uprights with leaf and floral carvings. Changes and replacements.

Ancient Corner Cupboard Rococo Revival Painted Wood XIX Century

Venice, Late XIX Century

Corner cupboard in lacquered and gilded wood with four mirrored shelves. Carved decoration with curl and rocaille motifs. Lacquered and painted surface with floral motifs and gilded borders.

Portrait Of A Young Girl Marble Florence Tuscany 1894

Portrait of a young girl in marble placed on a grey marble column, depicting a young girl cloaked in the winter cold. The different processes used give variety in the rendition of the marble. On the back of the bust, “F. Andreini Florence 1894" is engraved.

Sculpture of a Roman Matron White Marble Italy 19th Century

19th Century marble sculpture representing a roman matron; the figure stands on the left leg and is wearing a long robe that leaves her breast free; the left arm is hidden by the cloth and is folted while in the opposite hand she is holding a corrispondence. Her face is austere with a pointed chin; her hair har divided by a central parting and collected in a bun behind her head.

Painting of Scene with Spinner 1876

Oil on canvas, applied to panel. French School. Signed F. Barthélemy and dated 1876 lower left. The scene is in oriental taste and setting, and suggests the domestic and intellectual education of a young girl (the reference, albeit secular, to the Education of the Virgin is evident!): a young girl, standing at the center of the scene, while intent on embroidery, listens to the teaching of her mother, who is holding some written sheets in her hands; the elderly woman is dressed in oriental dress and reclining on a triclinium, while, behind her, a servant moves the curtain, revealing the background of an imposing classical temple. The scene is characterized by carefully crafted and richly detailed settings, such as the bunch of flowers on the embroidery table, the fabric covering the triclinium on which the mother is reclining; the intimate and domestic atmosphere is underlined by the earthy colours of the palace walls, on which the bright colours of the figures stand out, well lit by the light bursting from outside. The painting is presented in a period frame.

Group of Booklets Paper Japan XX Century

Composed of woodblocked sheets, sewn together and partly colored, with matching figures and texts. The group consists of 23 booklets, of which two in three copies and one in four copies; another couple has the same cover but different contents. The booklets can be considered as "manga" of the nineteenth century: the word "manga" still today can designate many different productions, such as single cartoons, scattered drawings, more elaborate illustrations, comic strips, comic books, as well as animated drawings. Therefore, starting from the assumption that there is no "manga form" but different ways of conceiving objects and graphic forms all denominated with this word, the term manga can be attested in literary and essayistic use in Japan as early as the eighteenth century to indicate, as mentioned above, drawings and sketches. But it is from the first half of the nineteenth century that Katsushika Hokusai's 15 volumes of illustrations, studies, graphic entertainment and detailed bichromatic prints became established, thanks to the progressive publication, starting from 1814. If, on the other hand, we want to give the word the more specific meaning of “stories drawn in sequence”, then the debut must be placed in the second half of the nineteenth century, similarly to what happened in Europe and the United States for comics. The booklets are in good condition.

Oil on Canvas Still Life Italy XVII-XVIII Century

Oil on canvas. Lombard school of the late 17th-early 18th century. The rich composition offers a large bouquet of colorful flowers in an embossed vase, next to a bowl full of porcini mushrooms and a bunch of grapes: with different intensities of color, the various naturalistic elements emerge from the completely dark background, creating effects of lights and shadows. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in an early 20th century frame.