Mel Elston-Mendones

Altamira 3

2022

Man

Mascarada

Hembras por la Razón

Recelos

Madre y Reina

Vivaz Multiplicidad

This masterly frontispiece study, executed with a very sure hand, testifies to the survival of the great Baroque taste in 18th century Venice. It could be one of the very last works by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini: the few lines that cross the papal arms evoke those of Benedict XIV, who became pope in 1740, one year before the artist's death. 1. Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini and the European influence of Venetian history painting in the 18th century Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini was born in Venice in 1675 and trained in the studio of the Milanese painter Paolo Pagani (1655 - 1716). Pagani, who had been living in Venice since 1667, took him to Moravia and Vienna from 1690 to 1696. After a stay in Rome from 1699 to 1701, Pellegrini married Angiola Carriera in 1704, the sister of the great pastelist Rosalba Carriera. From 1708 onwards, Pellegrini left Venice and began an extensive tour of Europe: he worked in England between 1708 and 1713, where he met great success, particularly at Kimbolton Castle and Castle Howard. He then worked in Germany and the Netherlands, then in Bohemia and Austria, before returning briefly to England in 1719. In 1720 he was in Paris where he decorated the ceilings of the Royal Bank for John Law...

Realism Portrait Drawing

Dagoberto Rodríguez Septimo Pasillo, 2021 Watercolor on paper 200 x 260 cm.

Triptych of charcoal on paper cradled on board Signed en verso Framed Dimensions:  Panel 1: 39" X 50.5" X 2.75" Panel 2: 50.5" X 62.5" X 2.75" Panel 3: 39" X 50.5" X 2.75"

Provenance: Marlborough Gallery David McKee, Inc. Manny Silverman Gallery Private collection, Los Angeles

Nancy Pellatt's "Hound Pair" a finely detailed watercolor dog painting of two obedient fox hounds standing at attention. The background of this dog painting is a lovely simple wash ...