Wood Paintings

Refined portrait of the Venetian noblewoman "Mariana Peltier" wife of the "C.G. DOTR. Nicolò Piazza", as stated on the back of the painting. It is a classic oil painting on canvas, w...

A beautifully painted Pastel on paper, laid on canvas in elegant giltwood frame of Madame Du Barry. The circa 1810 portrait in a later frame under glass. The art is signed with a F...

Important portrait of nobleman in parade dress taken in three-quarter view with flower in hand from the late 1600s. Work attributable in quality, age, and style to the great Genoese-born portraitist Giovanni Maria delle Piane known as “Il Mulinaretto”. The flower in the hand, is surely an allegorical allusion; it could be a portrait of a nobleman about to be married offered as a wedding gift to the bride's family. Technique oil on canvas. This painting, never before on the market, comes from a private collection and is beautified by an impressive antique frame in gilded wood. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Giovanni Maria delle Piane (1660 – 28 June 1745) was an aristocratic Genovese who served as primary court painter for over 60 years in the late-Baroque period. He is also known as "il Molinaretto". Giovanni Maria was born in Genoa, Italy, the son of Giovanni Battista delle Piane, from the noble house Delle Piane. He was nicknamed the "Molinaretto" as his grandparents, renown land owners from Polcevera, had watermills (from Italian molino, watermill). From the age of 10 till 16 years, he apprenticed with Giovanni Battista Merano, then he transferred to Rome to work under the famed fresco painter, Giovanni Battista Gaulli (il Baciccio), who held him like a son. The Genoese painter Enrico Vaymer was a fellow student and lifelong friend. In the Roman studio of Gaulli, Piane copied the works of great masters like Giulio Romano, Guido Reni, Annibale Carracci and Domenichino. These copies brought him acclaim. At Gaulli's studio, he also painted portraits. In 1684, he returned to Genoa, where the main portrait artist in the city, Giovanni Battista Carlone, had just died. He gained the a loyalty from other peer aristocratic families, noting he adapted to the new sensitivity, with attention to the fashion of his subjects, styling them with "majestic and elegant drapes taking them in certain new and witty movements". In 1695, by invitation of Count Morando, he completed a first journey to Parma, the city where his former master G.B. Merano was recently active. He found clients in the Farnesian cities and also in Genoa. He moved frequently among the cities of Emilia and Liguria, also painting sacred subjects. In 1705 the Cardinal Alberoni, sent by the Duke Francesco Farnese, assigned the artist, who seemed to be residing in Piacenza at that moment, to portray the Duke of Vendôme, commander of the Franco-Spanish troops. In 1706 the artist was again in Parma, commissioned to portray Duke Francesco, the Duchess Dorotea Sophia and the young Princess Elisabetta Farnese, Princess of Parma. Two years after he made the portrait of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. He also traveled a few times to Milan. In 1709 he portrays Prince Antonio Farnese and the same year, he was nominated Court Painter in Parma from where, he returned to Genoa. On April 21, 1711, Piane became the personal painter of Princess Elisabeth, receiving a stipend, including food and accommodation. He still held that commission in 1737. Between 1714 and 1715 he portrayed Princess Elisabeth when she married King Philip V of Spain, from 1715 until 1737, he mainly resided with the royal family in Piacenza. In 1719 he was invited to go to Spain, probably by Princess Elisabeth, as she considered him as a trustable portraitist, but the journey was never undertaken. Though already elder in 1737, he relocated to Naples, where he was retained for some years as court painter for the young king Charles III of Spain, already duke of Parma and his wife Maria Amalia...

A late 18th century French Louis XV style trumeau mirror. Fine oil painting depicting a courting couple in a garden setting with a country cottage in the background. Giltwood frame w...

This elegant antique trumeau was created in France circa 1870; set in a carved and gilt painted frame, the painting features a serene harbor scene in the manner of Claude Vernet...

18th century court portrait of Louis XV as a young man. Louis in battle armor. Original condition, not relined and in original, period Regence gil...

18th century wool tapestry with floral decorations and river landscape This large tapestry in wool was made in the Louis XV era, in the eighteenth century. It has a decoration in...

19th century Venetian Italian painter, pair of paintings depicting river landscapes with figures Delicious pair of paintings depicting country and river landscapes animated by chara...

Signed C.D. Bartlutte antique oil on canvas nautical seascape. The work of art is dark and foreboding with ships in the distance. The gilt frame has some chipping and is original. Gr...

A pair of French Louis XV period framed painted panels from the 18th century, with floral, bird and angel motifs. Born in France during the reign o...

A pair of hand-painted porcelain floral plaques. The porcelain is circa 1880 and the gilt carved wood frames were custom-made for them, circa 1950. The plaques alone measure 8" wide ...

V.Sinaglia 1899 These two overdoor paintings, one of a cherub and the other of two children, have been beautifully framed in a meticulously hand carved Louis XV style of ornamenta...