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Mannerism Italian bronze firecracker mortar fireworks 17th century

17th century

Cristofano Rustici called il Rusticone was an artist active in Siena between the 16th and 17th century, son of Lorenzo Brazzi called il Rustico (Siena 1521-1572). Even if his artistic training started in the family workshop, he was mostly very influenced by the Flemish artist Bernhard van Rantwijk, who was also living in the Tuscan town at the same time. The subject of the four paintings are the Cardinal Virtues...

The lamentation of Christ is a very common theme in christian art, where the body of Christ is an important subject of devotion. This painting was suppose to stay on an altar, highlighting the double presence of the son of God that was not only depicted but that also was present during the Eucharistic moment. It can be attributed to the Circle of Jacopo Palma il Giovane...

The painting, of which the subject is Saint Catherine from Alexandria with the breaking wheel used for her martyrdom, can be attributed to the mannerist artist of Emilia Romagna region Luca Longhi...

One flame candle holder putto made of gilded wood. Those kind of objects were present in churches or noble villas, specially during the Baroque times. The base is not coeval.

This small painting (oil on paper attached on a wood panel, 18 x 12.5) represents Saint Jerome, dressed up as a cardinal, sitting outside, in reference to his experience as a peniten...

Painted with gilt wood frame, 58 x 75 cm. is the work of the painter couple Viviano Codazzi (Valsassina 1603-Rome 1670), who specialized as a quadraturist and landscape painter, and...

Artist Unknown Needlepoint Tapestry with Gold Thread Details 17th century Wool Framed

Collector's Cabinet. Antwerp. XVIIth century. Ebony, wood (oak?) embroidered silk. Restored, with some imperfections. Two doors and top lid with locks. Small upper drawers and one l...

Pair of large oval-shaped baroque mirrors (II / II) Roman master carver of the seventeenth century Carved, lacquered and gilded wood Antique mercury silvered glass mirror 92 x 76 cm. (at the mirror 59 x 43 cm.) We present this pair of prestigious oval-shaped mirrors (of which a second pair is also available, of excellent executive level, which interprets the period of the Italian Baroque in an exemplary way. The works are in carved and gilded wood with a black lacquered background, richly decorated with a deep volute carving with particularly vigorous leaf motifs, coping and lateral ends embellished with cherub heads. This type of boldly carved volute acanthus mirrors...

Oil on canvas; held in an ebonsied period style frame Dimensions refer to size of frame. Charles II’s propagandists cast Cromwell as a brutal despot whereas critics now tend to foc...

Flowers in A Basket by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. A Still Life of flowers in a basket including jasmine, honeysuckle, dahlias, parrot tulips, delphiniums and white carnations.

Claude Lorrain landscape with the God Hermes, Amor and the Muses. Richard Earlom aquatint c1817 by Lorrain, Claude le/Earlom, Richard Countryside with ...