Furniture '500
Solid walnut late 16th-century Ligurian chest of drawers Adorno-Pallavicino (134x64x119 cm)
Ligurian Renaissance Masterpiece & Royal ProvenanceDiscover an absolute summit of late 16th-century Italian cabinetmaking: a monumental solid walnut cantarano from Genoa. The facade features an exceptional sculptural program of unique...
Paintings '800
Carlo Grubacs, Grand Canal Nocturne with Pastiglia Frame
Summary descriptive summary of the artwork
Identification data
Artist: Carlo Grubacs (Venice, 1802 – 1878).
Subject: Nocturnal Festival on the Grand Canal at Ca' Foscari (revival of traditional Venetian...
Paintings '700
Baroque triumph and rocaille anticipations: a critical study on a pendant of "nature vive" by Giuseppe Pesci
Technical descriptive summary
Meta Title: Giuseppe Pesci (Monogrammist A.V.) - Pair of Baroque Still Lifes Prima Tela
Meta Description: Rare pair of nature vive paintings by Giuseppe Pesci (Parma, d....
Furniture '700
Elliptical Brescian console table in solid white poplar | early 18th century | Lombard antiquities
Object specifications
Typology: Center table / Parlor console table
Period: Early 18th Century (circa 1720–1740)
Geographic Origin: Brescia, Lombardy (Venetian Mainland Domains)
Material Culture: Solid white poplar (Populus alba, locally...
Wooden sculptures
Sixteenth-century Brescian wooden high relief
A gilded wood high relief from the Brescian Renaissance
1. Object identification and metadata
Title: The Transport of Christ to the Sepulchre (The Lamentation over the Dead Christ)
Object Type:...
Furniture '500
Late sixteenth-century walnut coffret from the Bolognese school
A critical study and catalogue raisonné: a late sixteenth-century walnut coffret from the Bolognese school
Introduction and historical-artistic framework
Within the figurative and manufacturing culture of late sixteenth-century Emilia, the...
Furniture '700
A rare Lombard Neoclassical inlaid cabinet: late 18th-century Louis XVI comoncino
A rare Lombard Neoclassical inlaid cabinet: late 18th-century Louis XVI comoncino
Executive summary / catalogue entry
Object Typology: Small accent cabinet (comoncino d'appoggio) / Bedroom furniture
Period: Late 18th...
Bronzes
18th-century Genoese gilt-bronze statuette | seated prisoner 15 cm
Scholarly entry on a rare 18th-century Genoese gilt-bronze sculpture of a seated slave (15 cm). Analysis of lost-wax casting, anatomy, and Ligurian Baroque collecting.
Technical specifications
Subject: Seated prisoner or...