Italian Drawings

Sketch of the futurist poster "Day of two crosses, 16th April 1939, XVII", mixed technique of pastel and water-color, for an Italian campaign against tuberculosis, to inform people a...

Original drawings by Martine Bedin for Memphis, hand signed and dated 1990. Architectural research drawing by the Memphis Group visionary Martine Bedin who created the instantly reco...

Transport yourself to the picturesque vistas of Italy with our captivating 19th Century Drawing titled "Mountain Landscape." This exquisite piece captures the breathtaking beauty of ...

Italian modern Abstract mixed media painting on paper and metal frame, 1972 Abstract style mixed media painting on paper. The gestural painting is characterized by rounded lines and...

Original drawings by Martine Bedin for Memphis, hand signed and dated 1990. Architectural research drawing by the Memphis Group visionary Martine Bedin who created the instantly reco...

Original drawings by Martine Bedin for Memphis, hand signed and dated 1990. Research drawings of stools, chairs, centerpieces, tables, totems and boxes by the Memphis Group visionary...

Silvio Gambini Italy, 1913 Studio di Cancellata in Ferro Battuto Disegno su Carta Cornice Liberty in legno Originale Firma dell'artista in basso a de...

Marker on paper.

Antique Italian painting from the 17th century. Framework oil on canvas, on the first canvas, depicting an animated landscape with towers of good pictorial quality. Modern frame in c...

'Grand Tour' old master drawing of a seated male nude antique statue torso Italy 18th century or older Drawing (sight): 15" W x 20.75" H; Framed: 25.5" W x 32" H x 2" D. An exquisite 'Grand Tour' Old Master drawing from Italy, dating back to the 18th century or even earlier. This captivating piece measures 32 inches high by 25.5 inches wide when framed.  This finely executed Grisaille chalk/pencil artwork measures 20.75 inches in height and 15 inches in width within its later neoclassical frame. The drawing skillfully captures the essence of a Roman antique-carved marble male torso...

Lombard School ink figural study of the Three Graces inscribed "Le Parmesan," and "Ecole Lombard." Pen and brown ink. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Il Parmigianino (1503-1540.) P...

Important drawing by Gio Ponti of the Diamante line for Touring Carrozzeria Milan. A similar example pictured on page 167 of Gio Ponti: The Complete Work by Lisa Ponti. Ponti's car ...

Ugo La Pietra, " Bosco In Citta' " Acrylic on Canvas, 2015 Signed and Dated by Artist on front and rear. Coded and Archived by Ugo La Pietra Archives. Certificate of Authenticity av...

Disegno a carboncino di Angelo Dall’Oca Bianca raffigurante bambino. Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca nasce a Verona nel 1858. Nonostante un'infanzia difficile, dimostra fin da giovane di pos...

Disegno a grafite di Angelo Dall’Oca Bianca, raffigurante una donna, con alcuni dettagli a biacca su carta. Angelo Dall’Oca Bianca nasce a Verona nel...

Pen Drawing on Paper, "The Birth of Venus" Vincenzo Camuccini. Pen drawing on paper, mounted on an album leaf, "The Birth of Venus" by Vincenzo Camuccini, late 18th century, early 1...

Lorenzo Rocchegianni Italian engraving "Marte" Measures: 65cm x 45cm with frame Very good condition.

Set of 4 paintings (Engravings) of 20th Century Greek vases 39cm x 36cm perfect condition, new.

A painting containing an ancient anatomical drawing of an hand, made in pencil and sanguine. The contemporary frame, Empire style, made of wood, ven...

A painting containing an ancient anatomical drawing of an upper limb, made in pencil and sanguine. The contemporary frame, Empire style, made of wood, veneered in mahogany essence, e...

This Italian lithograph depicts the town hall palace in Sienna, Tuscany, the center of Venice, Italy. More formally known as “Palazzo Publico Sienna”,...

Artist: Mauro Fabiani (Spezia 1944-1999) Ink on kraft paper support Title: "Grande girasole" (Large sunflower) Artwork dimensions: 24x29cm Total Measurements: 45x58cm Signed: front l...

Vintage Italian architectural mixed media drawing on paper - indistinctly signed & dated lower right - unframed - Italy - circa 1984. Good vintage condition - minor paper loss to b...

Important drawing by Gio Ponti of the Diamante line for Touring Carrozzeria Milan, documented in "Gio Ponti" "L'Arte si innamora dell'industria" by Ugo La Pietra, page 254-255. Ponti...

Italian Technical design school of mechanics and machine design by G.colombo Drawing created by the arts and crafts encouragement society (SIAM), founded in 1838. This specifically c...

Antique framed Academic Chalk Drawing of a Greek Intellectual on Sepia toned and textured paper Anonymous Italy; 19th century White and Dark Grey Chalk on Sepia Paper; narrow wooden...

Wood Framed 18th Century Drawing of a Horse, Italy

Refined neoclassical style drawings depicting the allegory of the four seasons. The drawings must have been sinopias for paintings or frescoes. The drawings were made on paper using ...

Disegno a matita e acquerello di Filippo De Pisis raffigurante un mezzo busto di giovane con tratti sia femminili che maschili, probabilmente androgino. Il disegno è firmato in basso...

Likely Italian, 19th century. A pair of "Male & Female" portraits in the Grand Tour taste. Each piece is done in ink and graphite on paper and set in small frames. Great pieces th...

An exquisite Italian circa 1780 large scale ink and watercolor on paper neoclassical architectural elevation proposal for a theatre hall inscribed at the top "Pensiero della Salla de...

In 1964, Giò Ponti was approached by furniture company Knoll International and asked to present some ideas for chairs and armchairs. The result of the collaboration was a big dining ...

This is an exceptional original drawing by world famous Camillo Procaccini (born in the Renaissance era in 1561 in Parma and died in Milan in 1629,...

Beautiful etching of a Vatican sculpture by Italian artist Piranesi. Great addition to your architectural and classic inspired interiors.

Italian Bolognese Late 17th Century Red Chalk (Sanguine) Drawing of a Kneeling Young Man. Circa 1680 This Sanguine drawing is in good condition. Small dark brown spots are visible a...

Beautiful pencil drawing on paper, elegant gentleman with hat dressed in the manner of the early 20th century. Characteristic is the hat called "bowler" typical of this historical pe...

Wimbledon-Furniture Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this stunning set of four original 19th century Old Master drawings by F Mazzoli Please note the delivery...

Small red chalk drawing of an Italian city view. Framed behind glass. Image size 9.5 x 10 cm. Signed lower right: Damiano Ambrosioni.

This fantastic 1920s Academic Study Drawing of a Male Nude Model by Luigi Lobito was done in Italy 1927. It is framed. A unique piece which is a great eye-catcher for your antique, ...

Antique Italian painting from the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork of the Neapolitan school depicting Bacchanal of cherubs of excellent pictorial quality. Painting of great size a...

Italian painting from the second half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a view of Venice in impressionist style of good pictorial quality. Artwork that develops vertically, of contained size, with wooden frame complete with fabric passe-partout (see photo). Painting signed lower left (see photo) A. Marangoni attributable to the painter Aldo Marangoni...

Antique Italian painting from the end of the 18th century. Neoclassical artwork, oil on canvas, depicting a Roman historical subject of good picto...

Italian painting from the second half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a city view with characters in impressionist style of good pictorial quality. Painting that develops vertically, of contained size, with wooden frame complete with fabric passe-partout (see photo). Painting signed lower left (see photo) A. Marangoni attributable to the painter Aldo Marangoni...

Italian modern colored tempera work of art painted signed by G. Maffei, 1970s Abstract painting in tempera, painted with thick brushstroke with various colors, with chromed steel fr...

Rare pen drawing by Giovanni Gariboldi for Paolo Buffa.

Group of 4 (individual) lithographs of important men of their day. Finely detailed. Framed and matted with bone linen matte. Silver-leafed frames. 21 available.

Italian modern black and white artwork on glass with wooden frame by Tarantino, 1983. Work on glass with black background and satin design depicting an expanse of water and a waning...

Lucio Fontana. "Concepto spaziale", 1965. China ink on paper. Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm. With certificate. This is a preparatory work that is re...

Portrait of the Madonna in wood. Craftsmanship, dates back to the 1980s. Painted on walnut wood panel.

Rare and beautiful painted work by Fortunato Depero from 1948. The work bears the Signature in the lower left-hand corner. Work archived at the Archivio Unico per il catalogo delle o...

A handsome pair of early to mid-19th century Old Master style academic studies of nude men, pencil on paper, each measuring approximately 10 x 14 in (25 x 35.5 cm) Unsigned, probably...

SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). Hercules Resting from His Labors Red chalk on paper...

Italy, circa 1750 A mid eighteenth century drawing of a winged putto with arms outstretched, in the manner of Michelangelo. Executed in b...

Important ink drawing representing animated landscape with ruins and aqueduct in the background Venetian school Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certific...

Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on canvas, first canvas, depicting a fabulous mountain view with chalet of excellent pictorial quality. Painting of good size and good luminosity characterized by particular shades of color in the snow-capped mountains. The contrast with the bright green of the lawn and the intense green of the forest with the numerous shades of the snow in the upper part is pleasant (see photo). Painting signed C. Bentivoglio on the bottom left (see photo) attributable to the famous painter Cesare Bentivoglio...

Painting, drawing of dancers from the mid-century time, circa 1950. It is signed H. Sjardi. The drawing has an original green bamboo frame. The pain...

Drawing Greek sculpture academy made in charcoal at the beginning of the 20th century, at the Spanish academy in Rome. Depicting a Greek sculpture.

White Bunny Drawing by Oleg Cassini for Playboy October 1979, Signed. Illustration of a woman wearing a white body suit, choker, and hat. Signed by Oleg Cassini. Notice the body suit is in the shape of the head of a bunny with clever use of the 'whiskers'. Approximate Measurements: Length: 11" Width: 14" Property from the Collection of Steven Rosengard, Chicago, Illinois This original drawing was commissioned by Playboy and included in the October 1979 issue of Playboy Magazine (pages 225-227) in a feature that included works from designers such as Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, Edith Head, Fernando Sanchez, and Monika Tilley, among others, who create their versions of the Playboy bunny costume. Candace Collins can be seen modeling some of the designs in the feature. Oleg Cassini is an icon of twentieth-century fashion. Though born to Russian aristocracy and raised in Italy, he built a fashion empire that was unmistakably American. Cassini is perhaps best known for the hundreds of designs he created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (see images 4-8), but his achievements as a collector, connoisseur, and quintessential twentieth-century man go far beyond Camelot. In 1913, Oleg Cassini was born in Paris to the Russian diplomat Count Alexander Loiewski and Countess Marguerite Cassini, a Russian aristocrat of Italian ancestry who also had an interesting link to America. The daughter of Count Arthur Cassini, Russian Ambassador to the United States during the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations, Marguerite dazzled turn-of-the-century Washington as her father’s official hostess and left her mark on the capital city. Stationed in Denmark when the Russian Revolution toppled the czar, Ambassador Cassini and family were exiled to Switzerland before settling in Florence, Italy, where young Oleg was raised. A true Renaissance man, he spoke Russian, French, and Danish before adding Italian and English; he studied medieval and modern European military history and costume and learned to draw; he learned horseback riding, fencing, and the art of chivalry; and, most importantly, he came to understand the struggles of the Russian titled class and other European aristocrats in the wake of the Russian Revolution and World War I. Countess Cassini started a successful fashion business in Florence, and soon the talented young Oleg was sent to Paris to sketch the latest collections for recreation in Italy. In Rome in his early 20s, Cassini created fashions for high society women and designed for a few films, which planted the seed for his move to Hollywood. The drive to reinvent himself brought Cassini to America in the 1930s; in his autobiography he describes arriving nearly penniless in mid-Depression New York City where his title as an exiled Russian Count meant even less than in war-devastated Europe. Down and out, Cassini struggled for employment, having sketching skills but no knowledge of the wholesale trade required for survival in Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue fashion district. However, he excelled at making connections, and Cassini slowly entered New York society. He was soon joined by younger brother Igor (who had studied in America and travelled with the young Emilio Pucci) and his parents, the once-dazzling Countess and his father, the displaced diplomat still loyal to Russia. The family settled in Washington, D.C., and Igor worked his way up the Hearst newspaper chain to become the famous society columnist Cholly Knickerbocker. In New York, Oleg Cassini married the troubled socialite Merry Fahrney (who would go on to marry eight times), but the marriage ended in scandal for Oleg, and he decided to follow his original intention and head for Hollywood. Despite initial difficulties, Cassini gained access to Hollywood’s elite (partially through his skills on the tennis court), and was soon hired as a designer at Paramount Pictures alongside the redoubtable Edith Head. In her 1941 film debut I Wanted Wings, Veronica Lake wore a memorable Cassini design. That same year, Cassini met and married the newest young Hollywood star on the scene, the beautiful 20th Century Fox–talent Gene Tierney. With the outbreak of World War II, Cassini enlisted in the Coast Guard but was transferred to the U.S. Army Cavalry which allowed officers of foreign birth. He attended basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the horsemanship he learned as a boy served him greatly. He attended Officer Candidate School and reached the rank of First Lieutenant (he also became an American citizen at this time, losing his title of Count). Cassini spent several years posted at Fort Riley, where Tierney joined him before he landed a convenient military post in Hollywood. As Tierney’s career thrived (she played the title role in Otto Preminger’s Laura in 1944), she was able to assert her influence over 20th Century Fox’s head Daryl Zanuck, who hired Cassini as designer for Tierney on her 1946 film The Razor’s Edge, which proved to be a brilliant showcase for his talents. The pair separated the same year and, again seeking reinvention, Cassini re-established himself in New York City as a fashion designer. By 1950, the Oleg Cassini label was born. Combining his knowledge of Old World and modern Europe, Hollywood, the tennis courts of Palm Beach and Newport, and of course, New York City, Oleg Cassini invented a new brand of fashion that was distinctly American and of its moment. For his first collection, Cassini took to the stage, narrating the looks and imbuing the scene with his personality, unusual in an industry where the designers typically remained backstage and the models were called by number over a PA. The first collection was a smash — the president of Lord & Taylor devoted all of their storefront windows to his designs — and by 1955 sales had reached $5,000,000. Oleg Cassini’s career had turned a very positive corner. Cassini spent the early 1950s traversing the country, personally selling his collections to department stores in the interior, something his predecessors had never done, and moving between the Hollywood and New York scenes. Cassini’s brother Igor coined the term “the Jet Set” for this generation that constantly flew from New York to Los Angeles (then a ten-hour flight), Las Vegas, Paris, Rome, and the Riviera. In 1954, Cassini set out to woo Grace Kelly and sent her roses every day. The two were briefly engaged before her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco. In December 1960, Cassini’s career-defining opportunity came when he was chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her fashions for the White House. Cassini had long known Joe Kennedy and his war-hero son John, and had first met Jacqueline Bouvier before her marriage in the early 1950s. Invited by President-Elect Kennedy to meet Jacqueline at Georgetown Hospital (she had just given birth to son John Jr.) to present to her drawings of potential dresses and First Lady looks, Cassini worked furiously to prepare a new line for the First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy had always had her clothes made by the top French couturiers of the day, but for the White House she wanted an American designer. Cassini wrote in his autobiography that he told the First Lady: “‘You have an opportunity here,’ I said, ‘for an American Versailles.’ She understood completely what I was trying to communicate; she began to talk excitedly about the need to create an entirely new atmosphere at the White House. She wanted it to become the social and intellectual capital of the nation” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 327). Mrs. Kennedy loved Cassini’s design for a gown to wear to the Inaugural Gala (she had already ordered a dress from Bergdorf’s for the Inaugural Ball), and Cassini was selected as the First Lady’s designer and was soon dubbed the “Secretary of Style.” From 1960 to 1963, Oleg Cassini would design over 300 items for Mrs. Kennedy, creating the “Jackie Look” that contributed not only to a fashion revolution but also the dawn of a new age. Cassini wrote that “Jackie played a very active role in the selection of her clothes. She loved brilliant colors — pistachio, hot pink, yellow, and white among others. Her sense of style was very precise; she would make editorial comments on the sketches I sent her. She always knew exactly what she wanted; her taste was excellent” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 334). After the Camelot years, Cassini’s business flourished and grew into a major industry; his name appeared on everything from couture to tennis-, sport-, and swimwear, car interiors, housewares, and perfume. He collected beautiful and rare artwork, arms and armor, and antique furniture, and lived the lifestyle projected by his image. From this period onward, Cassini also came to live in important homes. Of his Gothic Gramercy Park townhouse on Manhattan’s 19th Street he would write imaginatively, “I walked into the foyer and immediately fell in love. It was a place unlike any other in New York, a sixteenth-century Dutch house transported brick by brick from Europe by the Wells Fargo family in the early twentieth century. There was a vaulted, twenty-foot ceiling in the living room, leaded windows, elegantly carved wood paneling...