From 16th to 19th century Old Masters

Paolo Antonio Onofrio Di Falco (Naples, 1674 - ?)
Annunciation of the Virgin
Oil on canvas
ext. 40,9x64,1 in., int. 55,9x32,4 in
The scarce information we have about this artist is due to the pen of De Dominici, a very punctual chronicler of Neapolitan paintings of his time.

Lombard painter, 17th century
Saint John the Evangelist
Oil on canvas
ext. 33x40,9 in., int. 31,4x39,3 in
This intimate depiction of St John the Evangelist can be traced back to early 17th century Lombard painting; the composition is simple and compact, the tone of the repr

Andrea Locatelli (Rome, 1695 - Rome, 1741)
Mercury and Argus
Oil on canvas
ext. 31,8x37,2 in., int. 24,8x29,5 in
From the 1720s, Andrea Locatelli, whose style was already considered international, enlarges and refines his canvases. The lesson of Dughet and van Bloem

Nicola Malinconico (Naples, 1663 - Naples, 1726)
Saint William of Aquitaine
Oil on canvas
ext. 148.5x118 in., int. 131x100 in
In this canvas, we see Saint William of Orange, better known as Saint William of Aquitaine, meditating in front of the crucifix; the protagonist is a

Michelangelo Pace, known as Michelangelo di Campidoglio (Rome, 1610 - Rome, 1670)
Still life with fruits and birds
Oil on canvas
ext. 38,1x48,6 in., int. 30,1x40,5 in
Luigi Lanzi has described Pace as an excellent painter of fruit, almost a 'Raphael in his genre'. Little is known ab

Agostino Tassi (Rome, 1578 - Rome, 1644)
Marina
Oil on canvas
ext. 24,8x35,4 in., int. 18,5x28,9 in
Very little has come down to us of the first ten years of Agostino Tassi’s activity. We know that he made an initial trip to Florence but returned to Rome f

Venetian painter of 16th century
Madonna and the Child
Tempera on panel
ext. 30,5x26.3 in., int. 21,6x18,1 in
The serene expressions of Jesus and Mary, the few elements describing the scene, the close and essential composition are the most valuable aspects of the work.

Etienne Allegrain (Paris, 1644 - Paris, 1736)
Latium landscape
Oil on canvas
ext. 28,3x23,2 in., int. 24,6x19 in
We know that Etienne Allegrain was a talented landscape painter, very attached to the French tradition of this genre. He learned by Nicolas Poussin the

Salvator Rosa (Naples, 1614 - Rome, 1673)
Bucolic landscape
Oil on canvas
ext. 35,8x26,3 in., int. 31,1x21,6 in
Salvator Rosa is legitimately one of the most prominent Neapolitan painters of the seventeenth century; he trained in his hometown with Francesco Fracanza

Pietro Domenico Olivero (Turin, 1679 - Turin, 1755)
Genre scene at the back of a castle
Oil on canvas
ext. 25,1x43,3 in., int. 20x38,1 in
This canvas by Oliviero is an excellent counterpart to the genre of the bambocciata: on the one hand, we have a more cheerful, light-hearted depic

Venetian School, 17th century
Susanna and the old men
Oil on canvas
ext. 34,4x45,6 in., int. 27,9x39,3 in
The scene depicted by an unknow Venetian painter, is the moment in which Susanna is discovered during the bath by the old people, who assault her; the figure of Susan

Francesco Albotto (Venice, 1721 - Venice, 1758)
Landscape
Oil on canvas
ext. 21.6x25.1 in., int. 14.3x17.5 in
Francesco Albotto’s pictorial production is entirely linked to his apprenticeship with the Vedutist Michele Marieschi. The echo of the master’s teac