Wooden sculptures
Sienese Wooden Sculpture: 16th-Century Torch-Bearing Angels
An art-historical and technical analysis of a pair of late 16th-century Sienese torch-bearing wooden angels featuring estofado gilding and Counter-Reformation liturgy.
THE LIGHT AND THE CARVING...
Marbles
Saint Jerome Penitent in the Desert White marble plaque, 16th century
DESCRIPTIVE ARTIFACT SHEET
Object: Devotional plaque / Cabinet relief
Subject: Saint Jerome Penitent in the Desert
Cultural Sphere: 16th-century Lombard Renaissance sculpture (Milan/Cremona)
Period: Second half of the 16th...
5th-Century Terracotta Baptismal Font h 130 cm
Technical Cataloging Sheet
Artifact Identification
Object Typology: Monumental baptismal font / Parish church holy water font
Medium: Terracotta (hand-modeled clay fired in hollow modular sections)
Chronology: 15th century (Quattrocento...
Furniture '500
Cabinet from Bergamo 16th-Century
Meta Title: 16th-Century Bergamasque Two-Body Cabinet | Gilded & Polychrome Stipo
Meta Description: Rare 16th-century two-body cabinet (stipo) from the Bergamo region. Features deep-carved water gilding, polychrome sculptural heads, and...
Marbles
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN BY AMBROGIO BORGHI (1881)
Portrait of a Gentleman by Ambrogio Borghi (1881)
Ambrogio Borghi - Portrait of a Gentleman (1881) | Marble Sculpture
Official scholarly entry for "Portrait of a Gentleman" (1881) by Ambrogio...
Double-Leaf Painted Door Decorated on Both Fronts: Cabinetmaking and Decoration in Venice during the Second Half of the 18th Century
2. Descriptive Catalogue Entry (Academic English)
Classification
A double-leaf interior passageway door, painted en suite on both obverse and reverse faces.
Chronology and Cultural Milieu
Circa 1770–1780. Venetian School /...
Madonna with child in terracotta by Antonio Rossellino
HISTORICAL-CRITICAL SHEET: MADONNA WITH CHILD
Cultural context: Florentine Renaissance
Author: Antonio Rossellino (Settignano, 1427 – Florence, 1479) or workshop / circle
Subject: Madonna and Child (derived from the prototype known...
Furniture '700
Eighteenth-Century Lombard Barocchetto Burl Walnut Commode – Brescia Art
Lombard Barocchetto commode, 18th-century burl walnut chest of drawers, Brescian Rococo furniture, Italian showpiece commode, antique book-matched walnut veneer, historical fir wood joinery.
Art-Historical Commentary
An...