Antique Empire Frame Elm Wood Italy XIX Century - Italy, Early XIX Century

Central Southern Italy Late 19th century

Pair of polychrome majolica amphorae with grotesque motifs. Reserves on both sides decorated with allegorical-mythological motifs. The lateral handles, very curved, are supported by winged figures. Manufacturer's mark absent.

Oil on canvas. Dutch school of the late 18th-early 19th century. On the back of the frame, an early 20th-century inscription reads "The Surgeon, based on a subject by Bega", referring to the Dutch painter Cornelis Bega (1620 - 1664) who stood out for his genre scenes, usually interiors and in a popular style. The interior of a house is shown here, where a woman is treating a man's leg wound, assisted by her little daughter and the curious old woman. The work is presented in an early 20th-century frame.

The Country Road 1905

Oil on canvas. signed and dated lower right. The Hungarian painter Antal Berkes painted landscapes in the early years of his career, but later devoted himself to glimpses and views of cities, Budapest, Paris, Vienna. This painting still belongs to the first production, proposing the view of a country road, which passes through a forest where some farmhouses are located; on the dirt road there is a cart pulled by horses. The painting is presented in a period frame.

Central Italy, Late XIX Century

Majolica mug painted in monochrome blue with swirls and vine leaves. Trilobate mouth.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Majolica bowl with shaped edge and animal-shaped feet. Polychrome decoration with scattered flowers. Manufacturer's mark under the base.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Neo-Renaissance chandelier in wrought iron and sheet metal, decorated with a pair of Medici shields and two dragons holding light points. Central body in the shape of an inverted pyramid with colored and leaded glass.

Italy, Mid XIX Century

Large table supported by turned legs, has a drawer in the under-top band. In walnut, the interiors are in fir, the top has been modified with the addition of a sheet of plywood, ennobled in walnut.

Tuscany, Late XIX Century

Restoration bedside table in mahogany veneer, Tuscany, second quarter of the 19th century. White marble top, front with door and two drawers, the first of which juts out, uprights with ebonized round columns decorated with carved and gilded capitals; turned front feet also ebonized and embellished with gilded leaf carving. Poplar interior.

Italy, Late XIX-Early XX Century

Wrought iron lantern, worked with neo-Renaissance style motifs.

Tarasp Castle 1960

Oil on cardboard. Signed and dated lower right. The Roman artist Cesare Maggi established himself as a landscape painter of the divisionist style, portraying Alpine landscapes of the Engadine and Aosta Valley, often enlivened by the inclusion of figures and animals. Having become friends with the painter Giacomo Grosso in Turin in 1901, he then successfully turned to the portrait genre, setting aside the divisionist technique. Although he still preferred high mountain views, he expanded his subjects by also working on marine and still life paintings. Shown here is the snow-covered glimpse of Tarasp Castle, an 11th-century fortress in Lower Engadine, Switzerland. This is a late work by the artist, who remained attached to his favorite subject, the Alpine landscape, until the end, despite having now abandoned the divisionist technique of his early period. The work is presented in a period frame.

Vicenza, Late XIX Century

Louis Philippe fireplace made in Vicenza, in walnut. It has tapered pilasters to support the upper carved band; Mercury mirror with frame carved with successive leaves and gilded.