After the excellent adjudications registered in the first semester, in the auction of 19th, 20th, 21st October 2021
the scope of Old Masters Paintings acquired great importance in the catalogue, in which there will be a wide selection of genres and periods enlivened by discoveries and important names. Following a chronological order, the most ancient period proposes eclecticism of schools: from the fourteenth-century gold background by Niccolò di Tommaso (lot 137, estimate € 22,000 - 25,000) to the tempera by Maestro della Pentecoste Cernuschi (lot 135, estimate € 14, 000 - 18,000), to the little panel by the Maestro dei Dodici Apostoli (lot 132, estimate € 15,000 - 18,000) and the Madonna and Child of the Flemish School of the 16th century from models by Adriaen Isenbrant (lot 133, estimate € 12,000 - 15,000).
Lot 137_Niccolò di Tommaso (active since 1346 circa to 1375)
Crucifixion with Saint Francis
Tempera and gold on panel, 32.4x15 cm
Estimate € 22,000 - 25,000
Lot 135_Maestro della Pentecoste Cernuschi (active in Lombardy and Liguria during the last quarter of the 15th century)
Madonna and Child Enthroned with saints, devotees and angels
Tempera on canvas, 125.5x158 cm.
Estimate € 14,000 - 18,000
The Northern European painting finds high expressive peaks in the Landscape with the good Samaritan by Flemish Master of the end of the 16th century - beginning of the 17th (lot 134, estimate € 16,000 - 17,000) followed by an intense exploration of the Baroque genre going from Genoa with Saint Andrew with the cross of the martyrdom by Gregorio de Ferrari (lot 136, estimate € 26,000 - 28,000), to Florence with the unpublished sketch by Onorio Marinari (lot 109, estimate € 6,000 - 7,000) for the realization of the altarpiece of the Badia Fiorentina, ending in the Capital with the Portrait of Clemente IX by Carlo Maratta and workshop (lot 127, estimate € 10,000 - 12,000). Giving a general look to the different genres, particularly striking are a Vase of flowers attributed to Paolo Porpora (lot 113, estimate € 10,000 - 12,000) and a work by Margherita Caffi (lot 111, estimate € 6,500 - 7,000) of similar subject. Portraiture, the prominent expression of taste and culture of the 18th century, is nobilitated in an impressive Portrait of Louis XIV by a French Master of the beginning of the 18th century (lot 117, estimate € 7,500 - 8,000) as well as in the Portrait of a lady holding a flower by the Neapolitan School (lot 92, estimate € 3,800 - 4,200), datable the same period.
Lot 136_Gregorio de Ferrari (Porto Maurizio 1647 - Genoa 1726)
Saint Andrew with the cross of the martyrdom
Oil on canvas, 131x104 cm
Estimate € 26,000 - 28,000
Lot 113_Paolo Porpora (attr.) (Naples 1617 - Rome 1673)
Vase of flowers
Oil on canvas, 65x45.5 cm.
Estimate € 10,000 - 12,000
Lot 117_French master, early 18th century
Portrait of Louis XIV
Oil on canvas, 146.5x119.5 cm.
Estimate € 7,500 - 8,000
The two architectural Capricci by the Roman Alberto Carlieri (lot 122, estimate € 20,000 - 22,000 / lot 125, estimate € 14,000 - 18,000) and the Landscape with satyrs and nymphs by Pieter Mulier, also known as "Cavalier Tempesta" (lot 123, estimate € 7,500 - 8,000) represent an enchanting view on the landscape painting between the 17th and 18th century. Finally, we arrive at the beginning of the 19th century with a series of small and delightful views of the Serenissima, where the most outstanding ones are those by Giacomo Guardi (lot 115, estimate € 5,000 - 6,000) and four by Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, among which Venice, view of the Canal Grande from Palazzo Michiel delle Colonne to Fondaco dei Tedeschi (lot 110, estimate € 5,000 - 6,000).
Lot 110_Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Palmanova 1762 - Milan 1844)
Venice, view of the Canal Grande from Palazzo Michiel delle Colonne to Fondaco dei Tedeschi
Gouache on cardboard, 14x19 cm.
On the back label "Fabriche Publiche / a Rialto" and label "Traghetto alla / Pescheria Rial / to"
Estimate € 5,000 - 6,000
COVER IMAGE: Lot 122_ Alberto Carlieri (Rome 1672 - circa 1720)
Architectural capriccio with Saint Paul preaching
Oil on canvas, 145.6x221 cm.
Estimate € 20,000 - 22,000
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