The Old Master Paintings and Furniture auction totals over € 2.3 million, 76% lots sold, and 147% increase on reserve prices.
From the very first round and the very first lots, we immediately enter the full atmosphere of the auction competition: a constant and lively escalation of raises.
The impressive nucleus of the antique garden sculptures reaches very high results for the most fascinating sculptures: the 17th-century "Rape of Proserpine" by Giovanni Battista Buzzi known as the Viggiù (lot 154, € 25.000), the 18th-century group of "Paris, Aphrodite and Cupid" by Scultore lombardo (lot 131, € 23,940), the "Bacchus with Satyr" by a Venetian artist (lot 304, € 22,680), along with the warriors created by Sante Calegari il Vecchio (lot 140, € 23,940) and the pair of large Medici-form vases (lot 67, € 35,280).
Lot 154
Giovanni Battista Buzzi, called the Viggiù (Viggiù, 1580/81 - Milan, 1648) (attr.).
Rape of Proserpine. Fine-grained sandstone statuary group (h. cm 222).
Sold € 25,000
Lot 140
Sante Calegari il Vecchio (Brescia, 1662 - 1717) (attr.).
Early 18th century. Christian Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher, sandstone statue (h. cm 215).
Sold € 23,940
Lot 67
Pair of large red marble vases.
Second half of the 18th century (h. cm 260 ca.).
Sold € 35,280
At the top of the adjudication list are Neoclassical pieces such as the rare pair of marble consoles with a brocatelle top from Siena (lot 143, € 81,900), the elegant burnished bronze planter attributed to Fonderia Chiurazzi (lot 73, €50. 400), the fireplace by the eclectic Bolognese artist Pelagio Palagi (lot 118, € 30,240), the Roman marble vase carved in bas-relief (lot 126, € 20,160) and the "Les Maréchaux" model clock by Julien Beliard (lot 105, € 17,640).
In the sphere of 18th-century furniture, the large carved, pierced and lacquered wooden mirror with flower decoration (lot 266, € 22,680), the pair of large 17th-century Venetian moor-shaped (lot 78, € 15,120), the 19th-century small maple briar veneered table decorated with winged herms in gilded bronze (lot 175, € 13,860) and the pearwood armchair created by the 18th-century Venetian follower of Andrea Brustolon (lot 8, € 8,190).
Lot 73
Chiurazzi Foundry (attr.)
Late 19th-century Neapolitan burnished and gilded bronze flowerpot (h. cm 130; d. cm 105).
Sold € 50,400
Lot 118
Pelagio Palagi (Bologna, 25 may 1775 - Turin, 6 march 1860).
Scagliola fireplace decorated with allegorical figures on black marble (138x102x21).
Sold € 30,240
Lot 266
Large 18th/19th-century Venetian carved,
pierced and lacquered wooden mirror (138x233 cm).
Sold € 22,680
In the section devoted to art objects, excellent sales stand out for the pair of five-light porcelain candle holders with gilt bronze mounts by the Meissen manufactory (lot 142, € 37,800) and the pair of late 18th-century white porcelain vase-shaped decorative elements, decorated with leaves and putti in relief (lot 340, € 18,900). The selection of goldsmithing art signed by Alfredo Ravasco also garners acclaim with the agate bowl decorated with sapphires, resting on a lapis lazuli slab base (lot 138, € 30,240).
Another moment of intense competition, with dense and incessant raises both online and over the phone, was experienced with the bidding sale of the four gouaches depicting the estates of the House of Savoy by Luigi Baldassarre Reviglio (lot 32, € 81,900). Also in the French-influenced pictorial sphere were Hubert Robert's "Landscape with Washerwomen by a Bridge" (lot 155, € 37,800) and Joseph Ignace François Parrocel's "Play of Putti and Cupids" (lot 60, € 20,160).
Lot 142
Meissen manufacture, 18th century. Pair of five-light porcelain candle holders with gilt bronze mounts.
Two full-round polychrome porcelain groups in the shape of jays on tree trunk from a model by J.J.Kandler.
Gilt bronze base of later date (h. cm 63).
Sold € 37,800
Lot 138
Alfredo Ravasco (Genoa, 1873 - Ghiffa, 1958).
Agate bowl with handles decorated with cabochon sapphires, pavé sapphires feet, signed at base.
On rectangular lapis lazuli veneered base (cm 25x8,5x18; base: cm 14,5x2x9,3).
Sold € 30,240
Lot 32
Luigi Baldassarre Reviglio (Turin, 1785 - Turin, 1844).
Lot of four gouaches on paper depicting "Estates of the House of Savoy" (cm 24x33).
One signed on the back. In frame.
Sold € 81,900
Lot 155
Hubert Robert (Paris, 1733 - Paris, 1808).
Landscape with Washerwomen at a Bridge.
Oil on canvas, 51x116 cm. Framed.
Sold € 37,800
In the section devoted to old master paintings, good performances are reached by the "Saint Jerome" by a 17th-century Neapolitan master (lot 103, € 20,160), the majestic "Parnassus" by Alessandro Gherardini (lot 148, € 23,940) and "Portrait of Giovanni Battista Imperiali-Tartaro" by Sebastiano Bombelli (lot 106, € 23,940).
Lot 103
Neapolitan master of the 17th century. Saint Jerome.
Oil on canvas, 125x93.5 cm. Framed.
Sold € 20,160
Lot 148
Alessandro Gherardini (Florence, 1655 - Livorno, 1723).
Parnassus. Oil on canvas, 264x128.5 cm. Framed.
Sold € 23,940
Lot 106
Sebastiano Bombelli (Udine, 1635 - Venice, 1719).
Portrait of Giovanni Battista Imperiali-Tartaro. Oil on canvas, 119.5x98 cm. Framed.
The painting was probably originally in an oval format.
Sold € 23,940
Several notable adjudications enlivened all four rounds: the 12 etchings dedicated to the Neapolitan carnival of 1778 by Raffaello Morghen (lot 510, € 20,160), the beautiful pair of Japanese bronze cranes (lot 255, € 16,380), and the rare silkscreen print on silk by Alphonse Mucha (lot 515, € 10,080).
Lot 510
Raffaello Morghen (Portici, 1758 - Florence, 1833).
Lot comprising the complete series of 12 etchings in beautiful coeval coloring entitled
"Famous masquerade made in the splendid city of Naples in the happy countryside in the carnival of the year 1778:
representative in the truth of His Majestic appearance the journey of the great lord to Mecca
work divided into eleven divisions, and exemplified in twelve branches".
Originally in oblong sheet, the prints are mounted in two large frames. cm 45.9x115.7 each frame.
Sold € 20,160
Lot 255
Pair of bronze cranes.
Japan, early 20th century (h. cm 207).
Sold € 16,380
Lot 515
Alphonse Mucha (Ivancice, 1860 - Prague, 1939) (attr.).
Job. Serigraphy on silk, cm 68x45.5.
Sold € 10,080