Francesco Lorenzi
Mazzurega Fumane 1723 - 1787 Verona, attributed
The Mercy of …

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Francesco Lorenzi Mazzurega Fumane 1723 - 1787 Verona, attributed The Mercy of Scipio Oil on canvas, relined 122.2 x 147.4 cm, with frame 142 x 169 cm

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*LASCA (Anton Francesco GRAZZINI dit). La seconda cena ove si raccontano dieci bellissime, e piacevolissime novelle no mai piu stampate all' illustriss. Sig. Giovanni Bouverye cavaliere inglese. In Stambul, Apresso Ibrahim Achmet Stampatore del Divano, con approvazione, e privilegio della Formidabile Porta Ottomanna, dell'Egira 122. In-12 of viii-220 pp. Marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine, title page in red marble, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, red tr. (period binding). Minor damage to cut, very small loss at head, one corner worn. Rare edition published in Florence in 1743 by Abbé Andrea Bonducci, of these short stories written in imitation of Boccaccio, and containing comic and curious pictures of 16th-century Florentine manners. Grazzini (1503-1584), known as Le Lasca, was one of the founders of the Accademia degli Umidi and later the Accademia della Crusca in Florence around 1540. He wrote numerous works, including poems, burlesque poems, carnival songs and comedies. From 1542, he published his works under the pseudonym "Il Lasca" (the roach) or "Leuciscus". John Bouverie (c. 1723 - September 19, 1750) was a British antiques dealer and art collector, responsible for a collection of drawings known today as the "Bouverie Collection", which passed to his sister Elizabeth, without issue, then to Sir Charles Middleton, and finally to Middleton's son-in-law, Sir Gerald Noel, father of the first Earl of Gainsborough. Bouverie died in Guzel Hissar on September 19, 1750, while traveling in the Ottoman Empire and observing ancient remains in the company of Robert Wood and James Dawkins. Minor foxing. A fine copy.

Estim. 7 000 - 8 000 EUR

Attributed to PAOLO DE MATTEIS (Salerno, Naples, 1662 - 1728). "The Gathering of Herminia. Oil on canvas. Preserves original canvas. It presents restorations. Measurements: 182 x 142 cm. The disposition of the characters that make up this scene indicates that the work is possibly a fragment of a larger composition of which the replica is found. In the original painting, which is larger in size, there is a young woman being observed by the other figures. In terms of subject matter these would represent shepherds, and the lost figure Herminia, or erminia, a Saracen princess fleeing from battle and finally taking refuge in a shepherd's hut. The story in particular is inspired by one of the passages of the epic poem "The liberated Jerusalem", written by Torcuato Tasso in 1581. Aesthetically, the work is heir to tenebrism by playing with contrasts of light, creating an unreal and directed illumination. Furthermore, the way in which the shepherds are portrayed, one of advanced age and three young people whose representation recalls that of the putti, is realistic and in the case of the old man stark, as can be seen especially in the pictorial treatment of the torso. The scene is completed by the presence of several sheep and a herding dog, which adds great dynamism to the scene. Due to the type of composition and especially the chromatic range used, this piece belongs to the production of the Italian artist Paolo de Matteis. He trained academically with the master Francesco di Maria in Naples, and later with Luca Giordano. From 1702 to 1705 de 'Matteis worked in Paris, Calabria and Genoa. Between 1723 and 1725, de 'Matteis lived in Rome, where he was commissioned by Pope Innocent XIII. During this period he had as pupils various personalities such as Ignatius de Oliveira, Bernardes Peresi and members of the Sarnelli family, Giuseppe Mastroleo, Giovanni Pandozzi, and Nicolas de Filippis. Today his work can be found in important private collections and in numerous important institutions, including the Capodimonte Museum (Italy), the Getty Museum in California (USA), and the National Gallery of Urbino (Italy).

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