JOSE ANTONIO "GINES" PARRA MENCHON Zurgena, Almeria (1896) / Paris, France (1960…

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JOSE ANTONIO "GINES" PARRA MENCHON Zurgena, Almeria (1896) / Paris, France (1960) "Landscape with characters", 1944 Oil on canvas Signed in the lower right corner, dated on the canvas on the back. Measurements: 73 x 92 cm

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JOSE ANTONIO "GINES" PARRA MENCHON Zurgena, Almeria (1896) / Paris, France (1960) "Landscape with characters", 1944 Oil on canvas Signed in the lower right corner, dated on the canvas on the back. Measurements: 73 x 92 cm

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GIN. 2 bottles of Gordon's London Dry Gin. A small bottle of Jose Cuervo Tradicional Tequila, hecho en Mexico, is included.

Estim. 7 000 - 9 000 EUR

Attributed to JOSE DE ARELLANO (Madrid, doc. 1665 - 1710). "Floreros". Oil on canvas. Relined in the 19th century. They present restorations in the pictorial surface and damages in the frame caused by xylophages. Measurements: 53 x 96 cm (x2); 71 x 87 cm (frames, x2). Pair of still lifes of flowers perfectly framed within the full Spanish baroque, with a magnificent treatment of the qualities, the colors and, especially, the effective tenebrist illumination, which endows the flowers with a presence and a three-dimensional aspect that reaches an illusionist level, almost trompe l'oeil. The flowers, worked in both paintings in shades of red, ochre and white, emerge from the shadows of the surroundings. In both cases the vase is placed on a pedestal of irregular profiles, with a stony appearance, worked in the same neutral tones as the background, indeterminate, we do not know if it is interior or exterior. The parapet stands out against the background as it is somewhat more illuminated, reinforcing the spatial construction in a naturalistic way. Aesthetically the work is close to the precepts of José de Arellano, a painter specialized in the subject of the still life of flowers, José de Arellano was a disciple of his father, Juan de Arellano, one of the most outstanding specialists in flower painting of the Spanish Baroque. He was also the brother of the painters Manuel and Julián de Arellano. He faithfully followed his father's style, to the point that several of his works have been attributed to him. However, his language differs from that of Juan de Arellano in his drier brushstrokes and more muted palette. We know little about his biography, although we do know the date of his baptism, which took place in the parish of San Ginés in Madrid in 1653, his godfather being the painter Juan Fernández de Laredo. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum (works on deposit at the City Hall and the Casa de Colon in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Spanish Embassy at the UN in New York). While during the first half of the century the still life is orderly and clear, with a classicist aesthetic, the works of the second half of the century present very different characteristics, the result of the stylistic evolution towards the full baroque, leaving behind the dominant classicism of the beginning of the century. In works such as the pair of vases presented here, the taste for extreme naturalism is maintained, which leads the author to meticulously describe not only the details of the flowers and vases, but also to convey their different tactile qualities. They present restorations in the pictorial surface and damages in the frame caused by xylophages.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

SERAO, Francis. Istoria dell'Incendio del Vesuvio Accaduto nel mese di Maggio dell'Anno MDCCXXXVII. Written for the Academy of Sciences. Naples, Novello De Bonis, 1738. 4to. 264x200 mm. Coeval binding in stiff vellum, speckled edges. Pages [8], 163,1 blank. 2 folded engraved plates. Frieze on Frontispiece, Italic and Roman Character, Xylographic Initials, text in two columns in Italian and Latin. Ex libris by Antonio Moreno Martín stamped in the guard sheet. Fine specimen with wide margins. Rare first edition. Pioneering work in volcanology. This edition, bearing the Latin text opposite, was intended for the national and international market; two other issues of the same year carried only the Italian or Latin text. Very important scientific description of the devastating eruption of Vesuvius that occurred between May 14 and June 4, 1737, and on May 24 caused the complete destruction of Torre del Greco. The treatise was highly praised by Ferdinando Galiani in his Catalogue of Subjects Belonging to Vesuvius, and translated into French and English. Also of particular interest are the two large copper-engraved plates: one depicts the two craters in section and the other a wide view of Vesuvius. Serao (1702-1783), protomedico of the Kingdom of Naples, was the first to give a rigorously scientific description of the eruptions of Vesuvius. Darley: "Serao was to first use the word lava, derived from the Latin labes for fall or slide. In an attempt to add a positive note, his account ended with some safety measure, suggesting that people build dykes and ditches or divert and divide the main flow of molten material as had proved effective at Etna." This edition, bearing the Latin text opposite, was intended for the national and international market; two other issues of the same year bore only the Italian or Latin text.Prestigious specimen of prestigious provenance, belonging to Spanish bibliophile Antonio Moreno Martín, 1916-1990, who created one of Spain's richest collections. Melzi, Anonime e pseudonime, 1., p. 3. Galiani n. 48; Furchheim pp. 180-82, G. Darley, Vesuvius, London 2011, p. 65-66. For A. M. Martin: María Dolores Segura del Pino, Diccionario Biográfico de Almería, Instituto de Estudios Almerienses / Fundación Cajamar, Almería, 2006, pp. 267-268. 4to. 264x200 mm. Contemporary stiff vellum, marbled edges. Pages [8], 163, 1 blank. 2 folding engraved plates. Woodcut vignette on the title page, Italic and Roman type, Woodcut decorative Initials, text in two columns in Italian and Latin. Ex libris of Antonio Moreno Martín stamped on endpaper. A fine copy with wide margins. Rare first edition. Pioneering work of volcanology. Very important scientific description of the devastating eruption of Vesuvius which took place between May 14 and June 4, 1737, and which on May 24 caused the complete destruction of Torre del Greco. The treatise was highly praised by Ferdinando Galiani in his 'Catalogo delle materie appartenenti al Vesuvio,' and translated into French and English. Also of particular interest are the two large plates engraved in copper: one depicts the two craters in section and the other a broad view of Vesuvius. Serao (1702-1783), protomedical doctor of the Kingdom of Naples, was the first to give a rigorously scientific description of the eruptions of Vesuvius.Darley: "Serao was to first use the word lava, derived from the Latin labes for fall or slide. In an attempt to add a positive note, his account of him ended with some safety measure, suggesting that people build dykes and ditches or divert and divide the main flow of molten material as had proved effective at Etna." This edition, bearing the facing Latin text, was intended for the national and international market; two other issues of the same year carried only the Italian or Latin text.Copy of prestigious provenance, which belonged to the Spanish bibliophile Antonio Moreno Martín, 1916-1990, who created one of the richest collections in Spain.

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