Very Classy Frame

Roma XVII century – cm 67X62 – light 29×23

In ebony,hard stone, red marble ,
Lapislazzuli and applications In gilded bronze.

Comparative bibliography

T.J. Newbery, G. Bisacca, L. B. Kanter, Italian Renaissance Frames, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1990, pp. 98-99, n. 80

MUSSEL WITH LEMON by Joannes, or Giovanni van Houbraken

“MUSSEL WITH LEMON”

Joannes, or Giovanni van Houbraken
( fiandre 1612-1676)

Oli on Canvas h120x154 with frame h143x160

was a Flemish painter and art dealer,
He painted religious compositions and allegorical genre scenes. He lived and worked for a while in Italy, first in Rome, later in Naples and finally in Messina.
He became familiar with the work of the Caravaggisti, whose style influenced him. After his return to Antwerp he engaged in trade with Italy and sent his works and other items produced by Antwerp craftsmen to patrons in Italy.

NINFEE by Angelo Biancini

“NINFEE”

Angelo Biancini

( castel bolognese 1911-1988)

IL RATTO DELLE NINFEE

Painted ceramic bas-relief

50x80cm

Signed e dated

Faenza 28.07.1973

His first training took place at the Art Institute of Florence with Libero Andreotti. He began to exhibit in the 1930s at trade union exhibitions, at the Venice Biennials (from 1934 to 1958), at the Quadrennials (1935-39) and at the Seventh Triennale in Milan. He teaches at the Institute of Ceramic Art in Faenza, but his works, although predominantly made of ceramic, make use of various materials, stone, bronze, concrete. The friendship with Paul VI leads to a series of commissions of varying importance and monumentality, works that often appear as wall sculptures, always in close connection with architecture. At the end of the 1960s he obtained important foreign commissions and his works are present in museums in many European, American and Asian capitals. The collaboration with the Italian Ceramic Society of Laveno initiates the comparison of art with industry, questioning the uniqueness of the work.

PIETRA PAESINA

painted pietra paesina 
with ebony and porphyry frame 
depicting a maritime landscape

Tuscany 17th century 

Cm 30×30 

The art of painting on stone saw its peak above all in Florence, Rome and Verona between the 16th and 17th centuries: that village or Arno stone was also widely used by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure as early as 1588 and it could be used to embellish and decorate furniture, cabinets and other objects of pure

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