Italian Drawings

Italian painting of the second half of the 20th century. Oil painting on canvas depicting a winter forest landscape with a small house in the background. Framework signed on the bott...

Italian modern orange, yellow and blue abstract painting with relief motif, 1970s Abstract painting with drops motif in relief inside the painting, in shades of orange, yellow and b...

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,...

Lithograph titled "Sails", created by Michele Cascella in the 1960s. Ø cm 38 h cm 29 including frame Michele Cascella (Ortona, September 7, 1892 – Milan, August 31, 1989) was an im...

Antique 18th century Italian city people drawing with gilt frame The measurement is from the drawing.  

Lithograph titled "Field of Flowers" created by Michele Cascella in the 1960s. Ø cm 38 h cm 29 including frame Michele Cascella (Ortona, September 7, 1892 – Milan, August 31, 1989)...

Remarkable artwork by Ugo La Pietra. Wood frame and handwritten inscription on the back.

Add classical gravitas to your space with this elegant set of three antique engravings depicting views of ancient Hercules sculptures. Printed in Rome in the 18th century, each print...

Italian painting from the second half of the 20th century. Oil painting on cardboard depicting a glimpse of an Impressionist-style country road. Framework signed in the lower right corner (see photo) signature under study. Modern silver plated wooden frame equipped with protective glass (see photo). Small size painting...

Paolo Sala (1859-1924) Parliament Square in London. Signed Watercolor on Paper Paolo Sala was an Italian painter from Lombardy region specialised in city v...

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

Silvio Gambini Italy, 1913 Art Nouveau Iron Gate Drawing on paper Wood Frame Artist Sign below on the right Size drawing: 27.5x39 Frame size: 77.5x61x2.5 cm Silvio Pellico Gamb...

Renzo Vespignani painting 1991 Measures: Height 71 cm Width 51cm Mixed Technique on Cardboard In good conservative condition, present signs of time due to use and age. (Please se...

Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Oil on canvas artwork, first canvas, depicting still life with fruit of good pictorial quality. Velvet-covered frame with some small marks...

Italian painting from 20th century. Oil painting on canvas depicting an impressionist seascape of particular pictorial quality and pleasant decor. Wooden frame with fabric passe-part...

Pencil drawing representing a two-seat biplane for reconnaissance Brandenburg C I produced in Austria by Phonix in 1917, equipped with a Hiero 200 hp engine and armed with twin machi...

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

Violets Flowers Chart wall Poster , Italy 1960s A rare 1960s flower chart poster with a solid wood frame. Language on the poster: italian Shipping is ...

Veneto, Italy, early 18th century Oil on canvas 20th century frame carved and gilded in pure gold Dimensions: cm W 93 x H 78,5 x D 5.

Maternità di Inizi 1900, disegno a graffito al Nero Fumo su piatto ovale in ceramica dell'artista veneziano Felice Zennaro 1833-1926. Il nero fumo è stato quindi bloccato con un fis...

Pencil drawing drawn by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s representing three single-seat biplane airplanes. Right= two single seat biplane fighter Nieuport 11 Bebe of 1915. Left ...

BASILICA DI SAN PIETRO ROMA - Vintage Italian architectural charcoal/mixed media drawing on paper - indistinctly signed lower left - titled & da...

Pencil drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s depicting a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance Brandenburg C I of 1916, built by Ufag in Budapest. Measure with fram...

Sketch for a poster against tuberculosis "Donate money for the poor sick ones with tuberculosis" made using a mixed technique of pastel and watercolor for the Italian National Campai...

Pencil drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s representing a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance Brandenburg C I of 1916. Measure with frame cm 58 x 31, inch 23 x ...

Pastel and pencil drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli depicting a single-seat biplane fighter Albatros DV A, employed since July 1917 and produced in numerous exemplars till May 1918. Airc...

pencil on paper by filippo de pisis from 1931, 21 x 30 cm, authentic pandolfini with auction catalog Very good condition, as shown in the photos, already framed signed in penc...

The Poetry of Light: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art of Washington: Tiepolo, Canaletto, Sargent, Whistler, by Andrew Robison. Publ...

original sculpture panel from the 1980s drawing by marta marzotto , probably made in high relief in wood or on a compact support overall size 60 x 60 cm, worked panel 40 x 40 cm ...

Renaissance style sanguine drawing with watercolor wash on paper - featuring a half length portrait of a young woman in a peasant type blouse with flora and leaves surrounding her - ...

Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd.: An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, New York & London, 2004, at Adam Williams Fine Art, New York, 4 - 28 May 2004, and Baroni's London Gallery, 1...

Antique Italian painting from 18th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a portrait of a girl with a goldfinch of good pictorial quality. Framework of good size and pleasant fur...

Italian oil painting on board from 20th century. Artwork depicting popular scene The Sunday game in Impressionist style. Artwork of excellent pictorial quality signed lower right (se...

Charcoal Drawing Inspired by the Mano dell Davide, Venice.Overall, charcoal drawing is a dynamic and expressive medium that offers artists a wide range of creative possibilities. It'...

Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 19th century. Framework oil on canvas, depicting interior scene with characters of excellent pictorial quality. Very bright and p...

Canvas art created by conceptual art artist under the pseudonym BomberBax from 2020. The artist always elaborates in his paintings the strong concept of the artistic evolution of Cry...

Italian painting from 20th century. Mixed-Media work on cardboard depicting an Impressionist style landscape of particular pictorial intensity. Modern silvered wooden frame complete ...

Drawing in mixed technique, water-color and pastel depicting a WWI airplane, by Riccardo Cavigioli. Measure with frame cm 80x60.3. Riccardo Cavigioli was born in Milan on 10th Nov...

Sketch for a Futurist poster, 1930s, "National Campaign against tuberculosis," made using a mixed technique of pastel and watercolor for the Italian National Campaign to fight tuberc...

A pair of gouaches depicting two scenes of the blue grotto. Late 19th Century

The antique Italian drawing in pen-and-ink and wash pictures a landscape of a stone bridge, archway, trees and people in the Renaissance style. The drawing is set within a two-tone d...

Pencil-drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s depicting a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance Caudron G III, French production of 1914, equipped with a Le Rhone 80...

This Indian ink drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli represents a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance Rumpler C I, produced in Germany in 1916 and powered by a Mercedes D III 160 h...

Stunning Midcentury pen & ink drawing of a dark haired woman with a floral bouquet, dressed in black & restored in its original black frame. A striking image by an unknown artist.

This artwork is a finely executed ink drawing with wash, possibly from the late 18th or early 19th century, bearing an inscription that reads, "The letter killeth but the spirit give...

Mixed technique artwork by Angelo Bozzola entitled “Tipo Differenziato” n. 15 of 60, dated 1973 and signed. Original frame 60x52 cm. Angelo Bozzola Gal...

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...

Pencil drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s depicting a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance, probably a Fokker, armed with twin Spandau’s 7.92 mm. Aircraft produ...

Italian Midcentury Large Drawing: Nude Man, Pencil and Charcoal. 1960s: Accademia di Belle Arti, Venezia. It is not framed so it can be shipped standard parcel .

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

A wonderfully whimsical concept drawing of two vases. Authentication papers from the Gio Ponti archives provided with drawing.

Italian drawing from the second half of the 20th century. Framework mixed media on paper depicting an abstract subject without title. Signed Tarantino lower right (see picture) referable to the artist Giuseppe Tarantino (1916-1999) lacking authentication. Gilded wooden frame with canvas passe-partout (see picture) of beautiful decoration. Framework of beautiful size and pleasant decor, for antique dealers, interior decorators and collectors of modern Italian painting...

Italian painting from 20th century. Oil painting on Masonite depicting the Lombard countryside in Impressionist style of good pictorial hand. Framework of good size and pleasant deco...

A vintage hand made drawing poster. Made in Italy typical home decor of the time. Good conditions.

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...

Italian painting dated 1970. Oil painting on board depicting study on the source of Giacomo Soffiantino (missing authentic). Measurement contained framework, for antique dealers and ...

Italian Painting from the 1960s: Accademia di Belle Arti, Venezia.Overall, charcoal drawing is a dynamic and expressive medium that offers artists a wide range of creative possibilit...

Serpent & Galleon, Ink on Paper, in an 18th Century GiltWood Frame.