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MARANA (Giovanni Paolo). Suite de l'espion dans les cours des princes chrétiens... [Tome troisième] Cologne, 1710. With the arms of Armand de BRICHANTEAU, Marquis de NANGIS ( 1682-1742); he had a military career and became Marshal of France in 1741. (O.H.R. n°1137.) Covers and corners damaged.

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MARANA (Giovanni Paolo). Suite de l'espion dans les cours des princes chrétiens... [Tome troisième] Cologne, 1710. With the arms of Armand de BRICHANTEAU, Marquis de NANGIS ( 1682-1742); he had a military career and became Marshal of France in 1741. (O.H.R. n°1137.) Covers and corners damaged.

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"SPADINO"; GIOVANNI PAOLO CASTELLI (Rome, 1659 - 1730). "Still life with birds and fruit". Oil on canvas. Bibliography: Europ. Art, II. n.6. June 1991, pg. 57, image pg. 59. Size: 92 x 130 cm; 125 x 164 cm (frame). The combination of juicy fruits and exotic birds was repeatedly explored by Spadino, a painter in whose still lifes the most sensualist and exuberant side of the Baroque. The ripeness of the fruits has reached the highest degree of succulence (some are even beginning to open, announcing the ephemeral nature of their splendour). The flowers are also at the peak of their fragrance, ready to wither. The carefully chosen, distinctly baroque scenography is enhanced by the careful study of light, based on a rhythmic play of alternating plant shadows and glows that draw the eye to the porcelain bowl, the figs and the grapes, resolved with accomplished glazes. Known as "Spadino", Giovanni Paolo Castelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Rome and specialising in painting still lifes, principally flowers and fruit. He came from a family of artists whose patron was Jan Herinans, a Flemish painter linked to the Pamphili family and specialising in floral compositions. Castelli therefore grew up in direct contact with the artistic circles of Rome at the time and began his training with his older brother, Bartolomeo Castelli (1641-1686), by then a well-known still-life painter. From 1674 he worked as an independent master and after Bartolomeo's death in 1686 he took over the family workshop. Giovanni Paolo Castelli's language also reveals the influence of the Flemish artist Abraham Brueghel, who was active in Italy. In fact, it seems that between 1671 and 1674 Castelli furthered his training in Brueghel's workshop. Castelli painted mainly rich cups and vases with flowers and fruit, with a personal style marked by a brilliant palette that emphasises the contours of the objects, rendered with meticulous detail and attention to quality. His language reveals the Flemish forms that he may have learned from his godfather Herinans, and later also from Brueghel, during the latter's stay in Rome before his final departure for Naples. His language was continued by his son, Bartolomeo Spadino (1696-1738). The origin of the nickname inherited by his son, "Spadino", is uncertain; it literally means "the man with the sword", and was already held by his father, just as he would pass it on to his son. Scholars raise the question of why he inherited the nickname and not his older brother, suggesting that the answer is the shape of his signature, which is very angular, like the blade of a knife. Other historians suggest that it may be due to the fact that the artist used a long, narrow palette, the shape of which is reminiscent of a sword. However, it is documented that Giovanni Paolo was imprisoned between 1680 and 1683 for murder, which may indicate that he earned his nickname by killing his enemy in a duel. Now considered one of the most important still-life painters of the Roman school of the late 17th and early 18th century, Giovanni Paolo Castelli is currently represented in the Pinacoteca Civica Fortunato Duranti in Montefortino, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Fesch in Ajaccio and the Pinacoteca in Rieti, among other collections.

Lot 44

Estim. 900 - 1 200 EUR

Giovanni Ciagottini (Umbertide 1912-Bologna 1988. Riccione in yellow. 49x70 cm. In frame cm 65x84.5. Oil on canvas. Provenance Eredi Ciangottini private collection.

Lot 364

Estim. 1 500 - 2 500 EUR

William T. Sherman War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed: "Spies and Guerillas, murderers under the assumed title of Confederate Soldiers and deserters...should be hung quick" Civil War-dated ALS signed “W. T. Sherman, Maj. Gen. Comd'g,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 10, Head-Quarters Military Division of the Mississippi letterhead, April 6, 1864. Handwritten letter to Col. Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, insisting that commanders in the field have the authority to carry out executions where necessary, and that “I expect to execute a good many Spies and Guerillas under that Law without bothering the President...We all know that it is very hard for the President to hang Spies even after conviction, when a troop of friends follows the sentences with earnest and ex parte appeals. Spies and Guerillas, murderers under the assumed title of Confederate Soldiers and deserters...should be hung quick, of course after a Record trial: for the number of escapes made...during the long time between trial and reference have made this Class of Men bold & dangerous. Our own scouts and detachments have so little faith in the punishment of known desperados that a habit is growing of ‘losing prisoners in the Swamp,’ the meaning of which you know...I believe that the veriest demon should have a hearing & trial, but punishment should be prompt & speedy, or it loses all efficacy.” In fine condition. As a brigadier general in Missouri, Ulysses S. Grant was ordered by Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont to start an intelligence organization. Grant came to understand the power of intelligence and later made Brig. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge the head of his intelligence operations that covered an area from Mississippi to Georgia and included as many as one hundred secret agents. Per the American Battlefield Trust: ‘During the American Civil War, both the Union and the Confederate governments relied on espionage during wartime. Both citizens and soldiers participated in providing information, including military and political details and secrets. If caught, the spy faced punishments such as jail or death by hanging. Although most spies were civilians and met jail time, many were court-marshaled and faced death. Soldiers like Sam Davis and citizens like Timothy Webster died for their cause and were seen as heroes for their respective sides.’

Lot 184

Estim. 30 - 50 EUR

MARANA (Giovanni Paolo). Suite de l'espion dans les cours des princes chrétiens... [Tome troisième] Cologne, 1710. With the arms of Armand de BRICHANTEAU, Marquis de NANGIS ( 1682-1742); he had a military career and became Marshal of France in 1741. (O.H.R. n°1137.) Covers and corners damaged.

MARANA (Giovanni Paolo). Suite de l'espion dans les cours des princes chrétiens... [Tome troisième] Cologne, 1710. With the arms of Armand de BRICHANTEAU, Marquis de NANGIS ( 1682-1742); he had a military career and became Marshal of France in 1741. (O.H.R. n°1137.) Covers and corners damaged.

Giovanni Ciagottini (Umbertide 1912-Bologna 1988. Riccione in yellow. 49x70 cm. In frame cm 65x84.5. Oil on canvas. Provenance Eredi Ciangottini private collection.

Giovanni-Battista Cavalieri (1525-1597). Diana, pair of engravings from the suite "Antiquarum statuarum", plates 20 and 22, 25/17cm.

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