Sei Del Castello
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Country: Italy
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PORTRAIT OF CHILD MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY

PORTRAIT OF CHILD MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY

Portrait of oil painted on canvas, depicting a young child with dark blue dress with white shirt and bow, typical of the time.
The background, on the cerulean and gray tones, creates the sky, harmonizing the whole in a serene sobriety.
The expression of the blue eyes and the features of the face make it enigmatic and half of the face in the shadow, creates chiaroscuri introspective, giving thickness to the portrait, making it timeless.
France, probably Paris, 1846
Not very identifiable signature (Alanis?) And canvas with antique retirer.
Wooden frame and nineteenth century golden stucco.
Frameless measurements 41cmx 33 cm
Measures with frame 58cm x 59cm

 
 
 BUST OF A BOY IN WHITE CARRARA MARBLE

BUST OF A BOY IN WHITE CARRARA MARBLE

Bust of a child in white Carrara marble (lunensis marble), masterfully executed by Zeffirino Carestia, who highlighted with sculptural depth, the expression and intensity of the young figure, together with the details of the hair, ears and drapery, making its gaze vibrant, fixing it forever in the marble.
Bust in first patina with original base.
Signed on the back:
Z Famine 1886 Riva Sesia

47cmx37cm

 
 
ELEGANT SILVER AND EBONY SHREDDED UPHOLE, 19TH CENTURY

ELEGANT SILVER AND EBONY SHREDDED UPHOLE, 19TH CENTURY

Elegant Neoclassical silver and ebony shelter holder, three orders of degrading shelves, consisting of three circular elements very openly traced and embossed, each with different reasons.
The widest shelf is supported by three worked zoomorphic feet and centrally a grooved column is placed with a Corinthian capital, culminating with an amphora vessel that acts as a grip.
The rings belonging the 360-degree shelves, from the bottom upwards are decorated, respectively with:
Grape branches and vine leaves
Concatenati and rosette circles
Circles concatenated with acanthus leaves in the center,
All reasons of typical neoclassicism decorations.
Silver does not bring any punch.
Italy (probably), first half of the nineteenth century
Measurements: H 42 cm x diameter 22.5cm

SMALL LION SCULPTURE IN WALNUT

SMALL LION SCULPTURE IN WALNUT

Small sculpture with a strong character, depicting a well-sculpted walnut lion in the round and mounted on an iron base.
Some lack, but it retains a beautiful patina.
Venice, period, around the middle of the 17th century.

Dimensions without base:
Length 23cm x h. 10cm
Depth 7 cm

EXCEPTIONAL DOOR PAINTED BY PALACE, MID-18TH CENTURY, TURIN

EXCEPTIONAL DOOR PAINTED BY PALACE, MID-18TH CENTURY, TURIN

Incredible door indoor to a door with a hundred frame, in blue night lacquered wood and sumptuously decorated in gouache zecchino gold, with reasons in Ramages, which, contrasting the dark background, give lightness and brightness to the whole.
The rococo taste door, coming from an aristocratic residence, consists of panels, defined with golden leaf frames in zecchino gold, concentric and shaped in the upper part and other rectilinear, in the lower one.
The frames are interspeded by spectacular golden carvings in relief, shaped of shells, flowers, leaves and at the top, centrally, there is a floral garland.
The set acquires greater prestige and completeness, given the presence of the chiseled and golden bronze handle with the presence of a female head and at the bottom of a grotesque, as well as all the sinuous decorations and movements, typical of the mid-18th century, who resume those of the door; All four golden gardens of origin complete.
The light, filtering in the central friezes in relief and convex, creates an additional chiaroscurial game, adding a refined touch to a true art of art of excellent quality and not easy availability.
The back part is in blue gray lacquer.
The door is in almost perfect condition, while the frame received some restorations to the lacquer, compatibly at the time and use.
Turin, mid-XVIII
Dimensions: H 276cm L.164cm
Frame: 18cm x 18cm

very refined fireplace mirror

very refined fireplace mirror

We present this very refined fireplace mirror in poplar wood, gilded in pure gold and beautifully tripartite with several mercury mirrors.

Bucolic carvings, protruding from the outside, branch off from the base of the fireplace, with climbing shrubs with small flowers and leaves, upwards, giving it movement and lightness; at the base there are rocaille carvings and the same flowers.

The other innermost bands are also bordered by climbing shoots with bluebells and leaves.

The focus on which the eye falls is a delightful portrait drawn in pastel, depicting a noblewoman with clothes and a delicate appearance, like the color palette used for the small bunch of flowers on her hair.

Surely, the author is an artist from the circle of Rosalba Carriera, as can be seen from several details, one of which, the pearl necklace, is worn in an asymmetrical way and in any case, by the skill with which he made the jewels and the face introspectively, creating a diaphanous and impalpable but haughty portrait.

You exquisite the execution of the frame and the overall decorative project that centrally frames the portrait; it is made up of spiral and projecting mixtilinear leafy carvings, which continue with leaves, branches and flowers together with Rococo elements that lean on the mirror, creating with stylistic skill, a work of art rich in prestige and strength, but at the same time , of balanced elegance and levity.

In the upper part, on the sides of the cymatium, almost pagoda-like, there are tufts of small flowers and two curls; instead, in the two parts that fall on the mirrors, exquisite gilded and carved elements composed of scalloped festoons in a mixtilinear shape and moved in trompe l'oeil, are for our taste, the apotheosis of refinement that together with the mirrors, create full chiaroscuro depths of gracefulness, as if there was a breath of wind to move them.

Conditions: in patina and in excellent condition, compatibly with time and use.

A mercury mirror is a little later than the others, but it is still from the 18th century.

Period: first half of the 1700s, Rococo

Area: Lombardy-Veneto

Portrait: circle of Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757) Venice

Measurements: support base width 160 cm

Maximum dimensions width 166cm approximately Height 230 approximately 
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SMALL LACQUERED NEOCLASSICAL MIRROR

SMALL LACQUERED NEOCLASSICAL MIRROR

Small neoclassical mirror, lacquered in Pompeian red, which rests on slender and golden feet. The elements highlighted in gold and the top part make it even more refined and particular, thanks to the band and bezel that contain two eglomised glasses,
decorated with a play scene of two children and a female head in gold on a black background.
The mirror is mercury-based.
Excellent condition.
Tuscany, last quarter of the 18th century.

Measurements:
H. 65cm x width 36cm

RARE SCULPTURE IN AGATO JASPER, DEPICTING A MONKEY WITH ITS PUPPY

RARE SCULPTURE IN AGATO JASPER, DEPICTING A MONKEY WITH ITS PUPPY

Rare sculpture in aged jasper, depicting a monkey with its small.
Sculpture,
It is very sculpted, highlights the character expressions of both subjects.
The set has a beautiful patina and is derived from a single hard stone block, like the jasper (difficult to sculpt) which includes the plinth base, bordered at two ends.
The sculpture is a small part not accomplished, as, a macaque paw, is not defined as the other.
The work in a natural size was almost certainly molded, after seeing a living macaque monkey and depicts the movements, posture and expressions with a strong realistic sense.
During the Renaissance, the wild macaques (Macaca Syvanus), imported from North Africa, in fact became very popular in Europe.
This sculpture remains a “unicum” for more features and can be considered an object from “Wunderkammer”, but also an object of art to be included in a collection of harsh stones and ancient marbles, as well as in a collection with themed subjects “Animalier “.
There are old restorations clearly visible in the images both in front and behind.
Provenance:
Private collection of a console.
Italy, XVIII century

THREE XVIII CENTURY TRAYS

THREE XVIII CENTURY TRAYS

Rare set of three wooden tray-painted tray gloves with crucaglie in the central parts and decorated in polychromias in external bands with different Greeks and with floral and adorned motifs that alternate with the same colors.
Landscaping views are of
“Capricci”, two, with bridges and rural houses and trees and the other instead depicts a residence with different aristocratic architectures with its Italian garden.
The pictorial trait is fresh and well suited to the type of objects of this kind, in vogue in the XVIII century.
Very good condition.
Central Italy, Probably Tuscany, mid-18th century.
Dimensions: 44cmx30cm

ROUND NEOCLASSICAL TABLE WITH ANCIENT MARBLES

ROUND NEOCLASSICAL TABLE WITH ANCIENT MARBLES

Refined neoclassical table from the panel in walnut feather and supported by a central column.
This circular table was subsequently enriched by three columns probably even older, in marble “Breccia di Sciro” (Marmor Scyrium), with Corinthian capitals and circular basis in golden sugary white marble, resting on marble plinths “Breccia di Serravezza Ancient “, Creating a harmonious and precious set.
The vintage plan is in red Levanto marble.
The tripods are fixed at the base in a triangular shape always plainated in walnut and straightened by three ebonyed feet and with golden wood applications.
There are old restorations.
Italy, early 19th century

Measurements: Diameter 120 cm Height 82cm

 
 
ELEGANT NEOCLASSICAL ARMCHAIR IN MAHOGANY

ELEGANT NEOCLASSICAL ARMCHAIR IN MAHOGANY

Elegant neoclassical armchair in mahogany in the center, resting on plinth-shaped front legs and saber-shaped rear ones.There are carved and gilded decorative elements with acanthus leaves, circular motifs, finally the armrests end with golden lion of exquisite features.
The fabrics have sage green shades, the backrest is in toile de jouy, while the seat is in nettle fabric, which give a sober and contemporary combination.
The armchair is harmonious, refined and in perfect condition.
Early 19th century

ELEGANT ALL-ROUND COLUMN IN LACQUERED WOOD

ELEGANT ALL-ROUND COLUMN IN LACQUERED WOOD

Elegant all-round column, in lacquered wood and supported by a square base.
The element, of beautiful proportions, is painted with the trompe l’oeil effect simulating red porphyry and is in excellent condition. Some small lacquer consolidation restorations have been carried out.
Italy, probably Tuscany, last quarter of the 18th century.

Measurements:
Square base 44cm x 44cm
Support diameter 33cm
Height 132 cm