At Palazzo Crivelli we're getting into the heart of the auction season with the Furniture and Old Master Paintings Sale, which concluded with a turnover of over €2 million, 80% of lots sold and a 162% increase in value from the starting estimates.
Among the notes evoked by the painting "Concerto all'aperto", attributed to a Flemish artist from the 17th century (€ 163.800), four auction rounds featuring two marble busts depicting the emperors Marcus Aurelius Caesar (€ 151.200) and Augusto (€ 113.400), created by a late 18th to early 19th century sculptor, marked an exciting crescendo.
Lot 342
Follower of Frans Francken II "Concerto all'aperto", oil on panel (58x95 cm).
Sold € 163.800
Lot 90
Sculptor of the late 18th century - beginning of the 19th century. "Marcus Aurelius Caesar", statuary marble and breccia bust (h. 97 cm) resting on marble column with square base of later period (h. 110 cm). Our model is a head-portrait inspired by the type belonging to the Antiquarium Forense Inv. 3683: a replica is kept at the National Museum of Naples (Farnese II Sculptures collection, 2009, pp. 98-101, nn. 73-76).
Sold € 151.200
Lot 89
Sculptor of the late 18th century - beginning of the 19th century. "Augusto", statuary marble and breccia bust (h. 98 cm) resting on marble column with square base of later period (h. 103 cm). Our model for the representation of the hair, features and gaze of the Princeps is clearly inspired by the Augustus of Prima Porta, also known as Augustus loricato, preserved in the Vatican Museums.
Sold € 113.400
The artwork "Le tre età”, attributed to the circle of Diego Velazquez, Spain, 17th century (€ 63.000); the “Scena allegorica” by Amico Aspertini (€ 50.400), celebrating the Italian painting of the 15th century; the small copper board depicting the "Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino" from the 18th-century Emilian school (€ 100.800); the two “caravaggeschi” paintings "Suonatore di Liuto" by Nicolas Régnier (€ 41.580) and "Ritratto di uno Statholder" by Gerard van Honthorst, known as Gherardo delle Notti (€ 37.800), are the epitome of an execution quality that continues to captivate collectors.
Lot 88
Spanish School of the 17th century, circle of Diego Velazquez "Le tre età" oil on canvas (100x105.5 cm).
Inscribed top right 'Diego Velzquez/die iovis'.
Sold € 63.000 
Lot 110
Amico Aspertini (Bologna 1475 - 1552)
"Scena allegorica", oil on panel (cm 57x120).
Sold € 50.400 
Lot 306
Emilian School of the 18th century "Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino",
oil on copper (34x28 cm.)
Sold € 100.800
Remarkable bidding escalations were also achieved in the Furniture section: two rare “flame” vases (€ 41.580) and the Magot (€ 25.200) by Felice Clerici; a lot consisting of two cups and a brass-covered tombak vase (€ 25.200); a pair of mahogany tables (€ 20.160); the half-moon sideboard bearing the stamp of the Parisian cabinet makers “La Jurande des Menuisiers Ébénistes” (€ 12.600); and a maiolica plate decorated with a “baroque fruit” motif from the ancient Antonibon Manufacturing (€ 8.190).
Lot 102
Manufacture of Felice Clerici
Milan, second half of the 18th century. Pair of blue majolica double-handled vases (h. tot cm 44).
A similar model is kept at the Musei Civici del Castello Sforzesco in Milan in the Civic Collections of Applied Art.
Sold € 41.580
Lot 525
19th-century manufacture.
Two engraved gilt copper cups and a vase with lid (h. max. cm 18.5).
Sold € 25.200
Lot 44
Pair of mahogany-veneered wall tables with polychrome marble and semiprecious stone tops (cm 144x5x56).
Sold € 20.160
Lot 19
P. Antonibon manufacture,
Nove di Bassano, 18th century. Majolica plate. Marked E.C.C. (d. cm 24).
Sold € 8.190
It’s worth mentioning the section dedicated to carpets, which, thanks to the presence of particularly beautiful pieces, drew a significant audience, with top bids for the Persian Mahal carpet (€ 17.640) and the Indian Agra carpet (€ 10.080), both from the late 19th century.
Lot 685
Mahal carpet, Persia, end of 19th century (cm 598x500).
Sold € 17.640
Lot 38
Agra carpet, India, late 19th century.
An abrash to the head (cm 398x297).
Sold € 10.080