Swatch Skin Book - Switzerland 1997

Modern Painting Signed Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca Crayons on Cardboard 40s

Head

Crayons and white lead on cardboard. On the back there is a label from the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Verona, which auctioned off numerous works by the artist that it owned, and reporting the data of the work. The work is also accompanied by the purchase invoice from that auction in 1951, with the title of the work. Of humble origins, the Veronese artist Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca, even once he had become an established and appreciated artist, frequenting the Italian and international artistic-cultural environment, always maintained the bond with his city, a constant source of inspiration for his artistic production, and the bond with its poor; in 1939 he built the Villaggio Dall'Oca in Verona, for the benefit of the poor of the city, and in 1941 he made a will, leaving all his money and his paintings to the city of Verona for welfare works. His painting was always of a purely veristic nature, influenced above all by contact with Giacomo Favretto. Work presented in a frame.

Modern Painting Signed Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca Crayons on Cardboard

Lucietta 1940

Crayons and white lead on cardboard. Signed and dated lower left; on the back there is a label from the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Verona, which auctioned off numerous works by the artist that it owned. The work is accompanied by the purchase invoice from that auction in 1951, with the title of the work. Of humble origins, the Veronese artist Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca, even once he had become an established and appreciated artist, frequenting the Italian and international artistic and cultural environment, always maintained ties with his city, a constant source of inspiration for his artistic production, and the link with its poor; in 1939 he built the Villaggio Dall'Oca in Verona, for the benefit of the city's poor, and in 1941 he made a will, leaving all his money and his paintings to the city of Verona for welfare works. His painting was always of a purely veristic nature, influenced above all by contact with Giacomo Favretto. Framed work.

Pair of Corner Cabinets Third Quarter XVIII Century

Italy

Pair of neoclassical corner cabinets in walnut, central paneled door, gouged truncated conical feet. Italy, third quarter of the 18th century.

Antique Painting Battle Scene Oil on Canvas XIX Century

Oil on canvas. The scene shows the results of a battle, with survivors providing first aid to the wounded, carrying the bodies of their fallen comrades, and a friar blessing the dying. Officers on horseback count the victims and honor them. The scene is set in an open territory on the banks of a river, with rugged mountain slopes in the background. The rosy atmosphere of a sunset underlines the end of the day, of the battle, of the life lost in battle. The work is presented in a contemporary frame.

Antique Painting Folly Oil on Canvas Italy Late XVIII Century

Oil on canvas. Second half of the 18th century. A portion of a large ruined architectural structure fills the entire scene: a porch surmounted by a balustrade, overgrown with plants, surrounds a courtyard where various popular figures move, busy with their activities. A bright blue sky surmounts the structure and the light filters through one of the arches to create a play of light and shadows under the portico. On the back of the frame there is an attribution to Gaetano Vetturali (1701-1783), even if the quality of the figures here appears superior to those of the artist from Lucca, who established himself in his territory for his architectural caprices of great scenographic impact. The painting is presented in a gilded frame in style.

Modern Painting Olmedo Mezzoli Oil on Hardboard XX Century

Happy Masks

Oil on hardboard. Signed lower left. Artist's label with title on the back. Lively composition with three masks, two that refer to the commedia dell'arte while the third seems more like a carnival mask (Mastro Geppetto?), next to an hourglass, a candle and a book. Olmedo Mezzoli's production aims to re-propose the figures of the classical world in a modern key. Framed work.

Antique Painting Religious Subject Oil on Canvas XVII-XVIII Century

Oil on canvas. Mary is depicted here in an attitude of suffering inner concentration, her gaze turned downwards, her head resting on her hand, her expression sad; even though she is haloed, the human dimension prevails in this painting, the suffering mother. Behind her is a deserted and barren landscape, accentuating her solitude and suffering. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a period frame.

Antique Painting Landscape Oil on Canvas Italy XX Century

Oil on canvas. The painting, made in the first half of the 1900s, takes up the landscape works in the subject and in the pictorial mode: in a landscape rich in vegetation and with peaks in the background, a young commoner asks for charity from some travelers who rest on the roadside , near a stone arch. The canvas has undergone aging and is presented in a late 19th century frame.

Modern Painting Signed Olmedo Mezzoli Oil on Hardboard '900

Diana

Oil on hardboard. Signed lower right. Artist's label with title on the back. Portrait of a female face with a crescent moon on her forehead, referring to the mythological divinity Diana, goddess of hunting and representation of the moon. Olmedo Mezzoli's production aims to propose the figures of the classical world in a modern key. Framed work.

Antique Painting Interior Scene Oil on Canvas XIX Century

Oil on canvas. Made on French models, the scene set in the hall of an important palace, with tall marble columns and rich draperies, features a young noblewoman sitting in the center, who watches with amused tenderness the games of her two little children; even the clothes of the three figures flaunt the wealth of the family. The painting is relined and restored (obvious patches on the back), and has been placed in a frame constructed with ancient elements.

Painting by Paolo Sala

Landscape with Figures and Sheep

Oil on canvas. Signed on the back. Paolo Sala, born and trained in Milan, stood out as one of the most important landscape painters of his period, as well as a view painter of the many Italian and foreign cities in which he worked. He preferred watercolours, but also painted a lot in oil. He uses quick and broad brushstrokes, overlapping, in an impressionist style, playing with colours and lights to create suggestive atmospheres, as in this countryside landscape, where two female figures entertain themselves sitting at the edge of the path, on the bank of the river, and a flock of sheep grazes on the opposite side. In a contemporary gilded frame, with the painter's name indicated in the centre of the lower edge.

Sculpture Mid 20th Century

Alabaster sculpture depicting an embrace, made by carving a partially rough block of alabaster.