From 16th to 19th century Old Masters

Francesco Simonini (Parma, 1686 - Venice, 1735)
Battle scene
Ink and watercolour on paper
ext. 24.8x36.2 in., int. 15.7x27.3 in
This mixed technique on paper is a fine example of a Venetian preparatory sketch by an important painter of battles from the early ei

Giovanni Antonio Guardi (Vienna, 1699 - Venice, 1760)
Astronomer
Oil on panel
ext. 21.2x17.9 in., int. 15.7x11.2 in
It is to Fogolari that we owe much of what we know about Giovanni Antonio Guardi. The registers of the patrician Giovanni Benedetto Giovannelli

Godfred Christensen (Copenhagen, 1845 - Copenhagen, 1928)
Landscape
Oil on canvas
ext. 68.8x91.7 in., int. 53.9x76.3 in
The direct study of reality, an intense but not analytical investigation of the landscape, appears when observing Godfred Christensen’s la

Karl Becker (Berlin, 1820- Berlin 1900)
Cyrano and Rossana
Oil on canvas
ext. 74.8x65.3 in., int. 58.2x48 in
The German painter Karl Becker received his formation in Germany under some of the leading exponents of the Nazarenes, Peter von Cornelius, and Heinrich Maria

English School, 19th century
Countryside view
Oil on canvas
est. 128x94, int. 113x79.5
Throughout the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth, the genre of english landscape painting was divided into two strands: on the one hand, painters were eager t

Sebastiano De Albertis (Milan, 1828 - Milan, 1897)
The ambush, 1860
Oil on canvas
ext. 33.8x39.3 in., int. 25.1x31.1 in
This valuable painting almost seems to be a chronicle episode from the artist’s life. Lombard by birth and education, De Albertis took an active

Gabriel De La Corte (Madrid, 1648 - Madrid, 1694)
Still life with grapes, peaches, figs, and carnations
Oil on canvas
39.5x47.8 in
Gabriel De La Corte is a fascinating painter of the late seventeenth century of whom little or nothing is known. The few contemporary sources that mention his life tell us

Bartolome' Esteban Murillo (Seville 1618 - Cadiz 1682)
Young shepherd
Oil on canvase
xt. 47.2x65.7 in., int. 41.3x55.1 in
The experience of contemporary colleagues of the painter influenced his style very much, but he also learnt the dark and soft tones of Veneti

Matthias Stomer (Amersfoort, 1600 - Sicily, after 1650)
Saint Jerome
Oil on canvas
42.5x35.8 in
Matthias Stomer received his early artistic training from the master Gerrit van Honthorst, a member of the Utrecht School, together with the most famous Dutch painte

Paul Bril, follower of (Antwerp, 1554 - Rome, 1626)
Battle scene
Oil on canvas
59x35.4 in
This painting depicts a wide bare valley flanked by green trees. Running towards the plain is a group of soldiers, not compact but scattered everywhere, slightly accentuat

Gabriel Franck (Antwerp, c. 1590 - Antwerp, 1639)
Penitent Mary Magdalene
Oil on copper
21.6x15.7 in
The rendering of the wooded landscape depicted to note the artist’s debt to the teachings of Paul Bril in the rendering of details such as the representation of the trees.

Pieter Meulener (Antwerp, 1602 - 1654)
Battle
Oil on canvas
ext. 25.1x29.5 in., int. 18.1x26.1 in
Pieter Meulener was a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp and was registered as a relative of another member of the Guild. From biographical informati