- ALDINE ARISTOTLE, TWO LEAVES IN GREEK
TEXT, 1497 Two connected leaves taken from Aristotle Opera, Vol 4 Theophrasti De Historia Plantarum. Printed 1497 by Aldus Manutius, Venice. Leaves are printed in Greek...
[more like this] - ANGELO GARINO (ITALIAN 1860-1945)
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LENGTH PORTRAIT OF MONA CAIRD Signed, inscribed and dated 'Nice 1918', oil on canvas89cm x 71cm (35in x 28in)Provenance: Henryson-Caird Collection, Cassencarie HouseNote:...
[more like this] - ITALIAN CARVED MARBLE BUST OF AUGUSTUS
CAESARCarved with a bas relief chariot breast plate, raised on a marble socle.
24 1/2 x 14 x 6 3/4 in. diam.
Note: The original model of this bust was discovered on April...
[more like this] - LARGE ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE MODEL OF
THE SARCOPHAGUS OF SCIPIO, AFTER THE ANTIQUEWith a removeable top opening to a welled interior.
11 3/8 x 18 1/2 x 11 in.
Note: Consul Lucius Cornelius Barbatus of the Scipioni...
[more like this] - GIUSEPPE GAMBOGI (1862-1928) ITALIAN'Undine
Rising'. A stunningly beautiful full length carved white marble figure of an Undine, signed G. Gambagi Firenze, for Giuseppe Gambogi (1862-1928), masterfully executed with...
[more like this] - MURANO GLASS TUSK SCULPTUREA Murano
glass tusk sculpture, the naturalistically modelled glass tusk exhibiting 'ivory like' striations and having a matte surface overall, one end fitted with a silver cap bearing...
[more like this] - LUDOVICO MARCHETTI (ITALIAN, 1853 -1909)
19 ¾" x 13 ½" "Christopher Columbus Discovering America". Watercolor on paper mounted to board, signed in the lower right corner, label verso with title of painting and...
[more like this] - EMILIO BOGGIO (VENEZUELAN, 1857-1920)
DRAWINGDESCRIPTION: An antique Emilio Boggio (Venezuelan, 1857-1920) female portrait pencil drawing on paper. The paper includes an "Emile Boggio Succession" studio stamp...
[more like this] - GRP: ASSORTED BOOKS ON EUROPEAN ART
HISTORY AND EXPLORA...Large lot of miscellaneous books, dealing primarily with European exploration, art, and history. Titles include "The British Empire before the American...
[more like this] - GREEK GNATHIAN POTTERY BEAKED OINOCHOEMagna
Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, Ignazia, Gnathian, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A fabulous example of a wheel-thrown pottery pouring vessel known as an oinochoe. The vessel...
[more like this] - TALL GREEK GNATHIAN POTTERY TREFOIL
OINOCHOEMagna Graecia, southern Italy, near present day Ignazia, Gnathian, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. An attractive blackware pottery pitcher with a trefoil spout decorated via the...
[more like this] - MASSIVE GNATHIAN POLYCHROME SKYPHOS,
TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 360 to 325 BCE. A magnificent pottery skyphos finely hand-painted in intricate decoration of...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH "MALGHERITA
SPOLETINA" 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6". WITH CUSTOM WOODEN STAND. HEIGHT ON STAND 7". SPOLETINA", 19th Century, Finely detailed scene from the early Italian love story of Malgherita...
[more like this] - ITALIAN SCHOOL, MARY DISCOVERS THE RISEN
CHRIST A well executed Italian school oil on canvas painting depicting Mary Magdalene fallen to her knees when she realizes the man she thought was the gardener was in fact...
[more like this] - A FINE EARLY 20C. ITALIAN BRONZE FIGURE
OF NARCISSUSThe quality casting in great detail and with attractive green/black patina is unusual in that a separately modeled sheet bronze fig leaf hangs from the hand of...
[more like this] - ITALIAN BRONZE MODEL OF THE WARWICK
VASE Note: The celebrated ancient Roman marble vase on which this model is based was discovered in fragments in 1771 in the ruins of Hadrian's villa near Tivoli by the Scottish...
[more like this] - A Fine Italian Bronze of "Aristides
(or Aeschines)" after the early Roman marble copy of a 4th c. BC Hellenistic bronze marble discovered in 1779 and now in The Naples Museum height 34 1/2 in. Reference:...
[more like this] - A Patinated Bronze Figure of "Narcissus"
probably late 19th c. after Vincenzo Gemito (Italian 1852-1929) the Hellenistic original discovered in Pompeii in 1862 and preserved in the Museo Nazionale Naples since that...
[more like this] - An Italian Patinated Bronze of a Dancing
Satyr after the Roman sculpture discovered at Pompeii in 1830 and now housed in The Museo Nazionale Naples cast signature "Viani" on base height 31 1/2 in. width 13 in. depth...
[more like this] - Two Engravings, one by Pietro Antonio
Pazzi (Italian, 1706-1766), depicting a classical combat scene, signed in the plate, left, and the other engraving of "Endymion Discovered by Diana", both third quarter 18th...
[more like this] - An Italian Bronze of Silenus late 19th/early
20th c. modeled as an oil lamp base after the Antique prototype discovered in 1863 at Pompeii and now housed in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli height 23 1/2 in....
[more like this] - An Antique Italian Bronze of "Narcissus"
after the antique a reduced cast of the original from Pompeii (discovered 1862) now in the Museo Nationale Naples height 15 1/4 in....
[more like this] - A Bronze Figure of "Narcissus" after
Vincenzo Gemito (Italian 1852-1929) the Hellenistic original discovered at Pompeii in 1862 and preserved in the Museo Nazionale Naples since that date height 12 1/2 in. on...
[more like this] - A Pair of Antique Italian Bronzes of
the "Furietti Centaurs" after the 1st and 2nd c. Roman Sculptures one height 52 in. width 40 1/2 in. depth 18 in.; the other height 50 in. width 40 1/2 in. depth 18 in.; on...
[more like this] - An Antique Italian Bronze Figure of
Narcissus after Vincenzo Gemito (Italian 1852-1929) on a colorful octagonal marble base height 13 in. diameter 5 1/2 in. Note: This is a reduction of Gemito's 24 in....
[more like this] - Standing Discus Thrower, or Discobolus
after the antique, 20th century, probably italian Bronze, dark brown and green patina. Note: The original sculpture was discovered in 1771 in the Galliens Villa, and is...
[more like this] - An Italian Grand Tour Bronze of the
"Augustus of Prima Porta" late 19th c. after the c. 20 B.C. marble (discovered in The Villa of Livia at Prima Porta in 1863) now in The Vatican Museum cast signature "A. Messina...
[more like this] - An Italian Bronze of "Capitoline Flora"
late 18th/early 19th c. after the Antique stamped "Nelli/Roma" on base height 26 1/8 in. width 10 in. depth 8 1/2 in. on a circular base. Note: The "Flora" was discovered...
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