Robert Simon Fine Art

A “Gogotte” Formation Natural Sandstone Concretion Sables de Fontainbleau, Seine-et-Marne, France Oligocene Period, ca. 30 million years ago Audacity 24 ⅜ x 23 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches (62 x 5...

A “Gogotte” Formation Natural Sandstone Concretion Sables de Fontainbleau, Seine-et-Marne, France Oligocene Period, ca. 30 million years ago Family Portrait 17 ⅜ x 13 ¾ x 5 ⅞ inch...

A “Gogotte” Formation Natural Sandstone Concretion Sables de Fontainbleau, Seine-et-Marne, France Oligocene Period, ca. 30 million years ago Tender Kiss 29 ½ x 19 ¾ x ⅝ inches (75 x ...

A “Gogotte” Formation Natural Sandstone Concretion Sables de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France Oligocene Period, ca. 30 million years ago Dissension 22 x 23 ¼ x 6 ¾ inches (56 x...

Antonio Maria Vassallo (Genoa ca. 1620 – 1672 Milan) Portrait of a Lady Oil on canvas 48 x 35 ⅜ inches (122 x 90 cm) Provenance: (Possibly) Hollingsworth Magniac, Colworth House, Bedfordshire, UK (Possibly) M. de Villeroy, Paris Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 21 October 1959, lot 18a (as by Bartolomé Gonzalez y Serrano, Portrait of Maria of Hungary); where acquired by: Lewis J. Ruskin, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1959–1981; by descent to: Lenore Ginsburg Ruskin Heavenrich, Scottsdale, Arizona, until 1993; by descent to: Dr. Frederic L. Ruskin, Paradise Valley, Arizona, 1993–2006 With Robert Simon Fine Art, New York, as Antonio Maria Vassallo; where acquired by: Private Collection, New York, 2006–2025. Exhibited: Phoenix Art Museum, 1961 (no. L15.61), as by Bartolomé Gonzalez y Serrano, Portrait of Maria of Hungary, lent by Mrs. Lenore Ruskin Heavenrich. Literature: Anna Orlando in Dipinti Genovesi dal Cinquecento al Settecento; Collezione Koelliker, Milan 2006, p. 116, fig. 2 (image reversed), as by Antonio Maria Vassallo. Anna Orlando with the collaboration of Agnese Marengo, Pittura Fiammingo-Genovese: Nature Morte, Ritratti e Paesaggi del Seicento e Primo Settecento: Ritrovamenti dal Collezionismo Privato, Turin, 2012, pp. 160-161, ill., as by Antonio Maria Vassallo. This elegant portrait of a woman by Antonio Maria Vassallo is a testament to the lasting influence of Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony Van Dyck on Genoese painting of the 17th century. The city was not only the home of wealthy aristocrats and merchants, but also a thriving community of painters from Flanders who greatly impacted the city’s artistic landscape. Vassallo received his initial training as a painter under the Flemish artist Vincent Malò...

Amanzia Guérillot Inganni (Milan 1828 – 1905 Boffalora sopra Ticino) Portrait of a King Charles Spaniel Signed, inscribed, and dated, center right: Hamancie Gierillot / fit d’après ...

Carl Reichert (Vienna 1836 – 1918 Graz) Portrait of a Dog in a Tropical Landscape Signed, lower left: Carl Reichert 1860 Oil on canvas 10 ⅜ x 8 ⅜ inches (26.4 x 21.3 cm) Provenance:...

Randolph Rogers (Waterloo, NY 1825 – 1892 Rome) Night Signed and dated on the reverse: Randolph Rogers Sc / Florence 1850 Marble 24 x 18 inches (60.9 x 45.7 cm) 31 x 20 x 10 inches (...

After Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452 – 1519 Amboise) Caricature of an Old Woman Pen and ink on paper 2 ¾ x 2 ¾ inches (7 x 7 cm) Provenance: Private Collection, USA, until 2022. Thi...

Elisabetta Sirani (Bologna, 1638 – 1665) Charity Brush and ink over black chalk on paper 7 x 5 ¼ inches (17.8 x 13.3 cm) Provenance: Private Collection, USA, until 2025. Famously ...

A. Manigot (French, 19th Century) Profile Portrait of a Man Black chalk on paper, 12 x 11 inches (30.5 x 27.9 cm) Framed dimensions, 20 ⅛ x 18 ¼ inches Signed, lower right: A. Manigo...

Leonardo Gasser (Florence, 1831 – 1892) Two Sisters Signed and dated, upper left: L. Gasser 1876 Oil on canvas 42 ½ x 52 inches (108 x 132.1 cm) Provenance: Private Collection, New...