Antichita Castelbarco

Workshop/Circle of François de Troy (Toulouse 1645 – Paris 1730) Portrait of a young lady (probably Marianne de Cogny, epouse de Philippe-Emmanuel de Beaufort...

Agnolo di Cosimo, known as 'il Bronzino' (Monticelli of Florence, 1503 – Florence, 1572) The Holy Family with San Giovannino Oil on table (120 x 90cm. - I...

Carraccesque school of the late sixteenth century Francesco Brizio (Bologna, 1574 - Bologna 1623) attributed Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria Oil painting on canvas cm. 124 x 97 - in a fine antique frame cm.158 x 132 Catherine, the erudite princess of Alexandria who lived in the third century, is depicted here in the best known episode about her, or her "Mystical Marriage", symbolized by the wedding ring that Christ Child is about to place in the her hand. It is an iconography that was born in the fifteenth century and in many cases preferred over the more bloody martyrdom of the Saint with the wheel, and which served for a long time to visually translate the spiritual union of the faithful with God into a delicate allegory. The status of the bride of Jesus is testified by the sumptuous dress and the magnificence of the jewels worn, including a crown that collects the hairstyle, emblem of her royal dignity, a necklace that surrounds her neck and a precious brooch placed on the neckline. of the dress. Two sumptuous winged angels attend the scene who enliven the scene with their instruments, a lute and a cello, while a curious little cherub watches in flight from above, supporting a cloth of clear Veronesian ancestry. With regard to the stylistic canons of this beautiful composition, it is essential to point out that we are dealing with a work executed between the second half of the sixteenth century and the early seventeenth century, in which there are deep-rooted relationships with the pictorial examples of the Carraccis; the warm colors, the chromatic range is soft, the confident and detailed brushstrokes, are elements that, combined with the reminiscences of the Bolognese culture, lead us to place this valuable painting...

Bolognese school of the seventeenth century Circle Giovanni Battista Ramenghi, known as Bagnacavallo (Bologna, 1521 - 1601) Oil painting on canvas (86 x 72 cm. - With antique frame ...

Giacinto Gimignani (Pistoia, 1606 - Rome, 1681) workshop Nativity with Adoration of the Shepherds Roman school of the first half of the 17th century Oil on canvas (55 x 55 cm. - In ...

'Master of the parrot' (a painter active in Antwerp in the early 16th century, whose name refers to the parrot who always occurs in his paintings) - follower of Madonna on the throne with child (With the coat of arms of the client family in the upper part of the composition) Oil on the table 101 x 62 cm. - In frame 114 x 76 cm. The beautiful proposed work explains the typical iconographic characters of the painter called 'Master of the parrot', a conventional name used by critics to define an anonymous Dutch author of the 16th century. More precisely, it is a painter of the southern Netherlands, active in Antwerp around 1530-50, so defined for the unmistakable parrot who often appears in his works of him. In religious iconography the parrot has often been used as a Marian symbol, as it was widespread that its most common verse was "Ave", that is, the greeting of the Archangel Gabriele to Mary at the time of the Annunciation. Today the idea according to which the name 'master of the parrot' has not referred to a single painter, but rather a group that, based on the stylistic characters, carried out their training at the workshop of Pieter Coecke Van Aelst (Aalst (Aalst is widespread. 1502 - Brussels 1550), creating devotion paintings intended for a bourgeois client and concentrating their activity on a specific topic particularly requested by the contemporary market. By way of example we can mention the Virgin with the San Diego Museum of Art child where the figures, like our own, are in line, With the mannerist taste for the elegant body proportions that exceed reality, with elements such as tapered finger, wide face and thin nose. These characters also betray the influence of active artists in the region such as Joos Van Cleve...

Ancient painting depicting Jesus with the Commissioner's son (Alternative reading: St. Joseph with the Child, or the 'Paternity') Giovan Battista Salvi known as "the Sassoferrato" (1609 - 1685) circle / follower Oil painting on canvas 76 x 59 cm. -With frame in the shape of a small temple, not coeval 99 x 84 cm. The interesting canvas that we are pleased to offer you recalls the iconographic model of classic paternity, which traditionally sees Saint Joseph holding the sleeping baby Jesus...

Giacomo Stella (Brescia 1545 - Rome 1630) Allegory of Wisdom (or prudence) Oil painting on canvas 193 x 75 cm., In frame 199 x 82 cm. The work is accompanied by critical study drawn...

Michele Desubleo (Maubeuge, 1602 - Parma, 1676) - attributable Portrait of gentleman like Solomon, the wise king Oil painting on canvas 120 x 141 cm., By gilded wooden frame cm. 134 x 162 cm. The beautiful painting shows us an image of the famous Solomon king, legendary biblical figure who became the personification of the good reigning over the centuries, and proverbially recognized as one of the wisest politicians in history. The features of the off are presumably those of the client of the work, who wanted to emphasize his image by impersonating a character with legendary fame. The reigning, with an elegant coron head of Corona of Eastern Foggia, is dressed in a sumptuous silk clothes...

Guido Cagnacci (Romagna, 1601 - Vienna, 1663) workshop / attributable Quality work depicting David with the head of Goliath (or the Triumph of David) oil painting on canvas Dimensio...

The Great Flood Flemish painter active in the 17th century Oil painting on canvas 52 x 70 cm. - In frame 76 x 95 cm This interesting seventeenth-century Flemish painting illustrate...

Follower of Lucas Cranach I (Kronach, 1472 - Weimar, 1553) Attributed to Franz Wolfgang Rohrich (Nuremberg 1787 - 1834) Frederick III of Saxony, called the Wise (1486-1525) Oil on ...