19th Century Pair of Vases Porcelain Austrian Workshop

19th century Pair of desks with portraits of Petrarch and Leonardo (2) Alabaster, 34 and 35 cm diam The pair of alabaster discs features a central cameo with the effigy of Petrarch and Leonardo, probably part of a larger series that featured illustrious characters from Italian history. On the openwork frame of Petrarch there are portraits of some characters who face each other, combined for centuries, as can be seen from the shapes of the garments that span several centuries: from the thirteenth century, in which men wear long-tipped bonnets, to the fifteenth century and Sixteenth century, the two characters at the top, in the seventeenth century, with wide collars, up to the eighteenth century. Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) embodies the figure of the humanist intellectual par excellence, entirely dedicated to the study of Latin conceived as the only form of expression worthy of a man of letters, so as to serve any form of written communication, including letters and the reflection on himself witnessed in the Secretum. A personality made more complex by obsessive perfectionism, which led him to a continuous and infinite editing of the work which he also flaunted to consider as minor and which instead ensured him an undying fame among posterity, the Canzoniere. But the only aspect fixed in the collective imagination is that of the lover who idolizes the places where his ideal love blossomed...

Late 18th - early 19th century River Landscape Oil on canvas, 64 x 96 cm - with frame 77 x 10 cm The canvas in question is an example of Vedutist painting at the turn of the 18th an...

19thC View of the Grand Canal Oil on canvas, 43 x 57 cm

17th century, Nuvolone workshop Annunciation Measures: Oil on canvas, 98.50 x 127.00 cm - with frame 144 x 115 Depicted is a canonical Annunciation which sees Mary on her knees ...

Enhance your interior with this exquisite pair of 19th-century porcelain vases, signed with the initials "AB". These elegant vases epitomize the craftsmanship and artistry of the era...

19th century pair of Paris porcelain vases of gilt and green glaze depicting classical scenes. Inscribed with ‘F’ mark on th...

Pair of 19th Century Hand-Painted Continental Vases, Four Original Paintings on Each Side

Pair of 19th Century French Porcelain Vases This pair of antique French vases were crafted in porcelain and bronze during the 19th century. The porcelain features a deep, uniform cob...