Still life with flowers, butterflies and an antique letter.

Early XVIIIth century , Flemish. Elegant oil painting on canvas depicting a triumph of finely colored flowers executed with a very colorful range of shades from blue to yellow, to red, to the browns and greens of the leaves and the golden grapes, which are enhanced by the brown background. The still life rests on …

Still life with fruit,bunches of grapes, apples

XVIIth century, Naples, Italy.    Still life with fruit, bunches of grapes, apples, portrayed in a landscape. 17th° century. Naples, Italy.   Author Abraham Brueghel (Antwerp 1631-Naples 1690) is an important Flemish painter of the Brueghel dynasty. Son of Jan Brueghel dei Velluti, he moved to Italy first to Rome and then permanently to Naples. …

The kiss.

Modesto Faustini. Late XIXth .Italy. Modest Faustini (Brescia 1839, Rome 1891).  Italian painter, He studied at the Brera Academy and perfected his skills in Rome, where he was influenced by C. Maccari who decorated the Senate, among other things, becoming famous in Umbertine Italy. Faustini was first a genre and history painter. In this work …

Pair of neoclassic overdoors,rural scenes .

Late XVIIIth ,Italy, Marche. The two elegant oil on canvas green grisailles representing young peasants with his sheeps and dogs have important neoclassic ivory lacquered frames, decorated with garlands and flowers a mecca. These antique paintings are unusual and elegant for his sizes and the contrast of colours, the green grisailles and the ivory of …

Landscape with working horses.

Early XXth Century, Italy. Signed Julius Von Blaas, and dated 1912. Important painting depicted working horses in a rare atmosphere . Immersed in a peculiar light with the violet earth, the clouds hiding the rising sun in places are emphasized by the vigorous brushstrokes that also enhance the slow and tiring working in the fields. …

Madonna with child.

Late XVIth,early XVIIth century . Siena, Italy. Oil painting on canvas attributable to Ventura Salimbeni (Siena 1569-1613). He was considered an epigone of Sienese Mannerism. He worked in various cities including Florence, Luca, Pisa. His works were highly appreciated, and he received several important commissions. In this beautifully crafted painting, we find Salimbeni’s very personal …

The Golden Age.

Early eighteenth century. Florence, Italy. Sold. Oil painting on canvas cm 124 x 140,5. Professor Giancarlo Sestieri, in a thorough expertise, relates the work to the Florentine master Benedetto Luti (Florence 1666 -Rome 1724). He writes ” It is a significant testimony of Benedetto Luti, both for its pictorial freshness linked to its state of …