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Item Ships From: Italy
A Look to the Right - Paint by Alberto Gallerati - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized by Alberto Gallerati (b. 1945) in 1970s.
Hand signed.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Modern Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blast number 2, Painting, Oil on Paper
By Federico Cortese
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Blastâ€, oil on thick paper, 44 x 44 cm, 2020. On a very simple geometric pattern that resembles a city map, concentric circles are superimposed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pietro Longhi (Venetian master) - 18th century figure painting - Hunter
Located in Varmo, IT
Pietro Longhi (Venice 1701 - Venice 1785) - The Hunter.
60.5 x 50.5 cm without frame, 70.5 x 60.5 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame (not signed).
-...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Romano Mussolini (Italian Painter/musician) - 20th century landscape painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Romano Mussolini (Forlì 1927 - Rome 2006) - Landscape with waterfall.
20 x 30 cm.
Oil on hardboard, without frame.
- Work signed lower left: "Romano Mussolini". - Authentic Studi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Red Landscape" Original Art on Paper , large size
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Red Landscape
Original Art on Paper
60x70 cm
2023
Mineral oxide on paper
Marilina Marchica was born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
After rec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Pigment
$1,134 Sale Price
20% Off
Emilio Magistretti (Italian painter) - late 19th century figure painting - Tiger
By Emilio Magistretti
Located in Varmo, IT
Emilio Magistretti (Milan 1851 - Milan 1936) - Girl with tiger.
67 x 56 cm without frame, 83 x 72 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a contemporary carved and lacque...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vine branch with purple bunch an red leaves - oil painting on silver foreground
By Margherita Leoni
Located in Milan, IT
A vine shoot in warm autumn colours shows a ripe, purplish bunch against a silvery background.
With elegance and great balance Margherita Leoni (b. 1974 Bergamo) weighs solids and ...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Italy - Paintings
Materials
Silver
SPRING PORTRAIT- French School Impressionist - Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
By Jean Philipe Moreno
Located in Napoli, IT
SPRING PORTRAIT - Oil on canvas cm.30x24 by Jean Philipe Moreno, Italy 2002.
Frame available on request from our workshop.
Moreno’s portrait depicts a young Parisian woman, her face ...
Category
2010s Old Masters Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
IGUANA - Italian Animalia Oil on Canvas Painting by Ciro Ciardiello
Located in Napoli, IT
Iguana - Ciro Ciardiello Italy 2019 - Oil on canvas cm.60x80
Category
2010s Modern Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Still Life with Vase of Flowers" Large Watercolor Signed French School
By Henri Biva
Located in Pistoia, IT
Henri Biva (1848-1929) "Still Life at Chinese Vase," large watercolor on paper applied to board signed lower right.
Henri Biva (Paris, January 23, 1848 - Paris, February 2, 1929) ...
Category
1880s Barbizon School Italy - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
MARCHÉ AUX PUCES - Elio Ferrara Italian figurative oil on canvas painting
By Elio Ferrara
Located in Napoli, IT
Paris Marche' aux Puces - Oil on canvas Elio Ferrara, Italy, 1980s
Elio Ferrara was born in Naples in 1945, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts and then worked as a set designer at ...
Category
1980s Italian School Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
COUNTRY SCENE - Italian Oil on Board Painting
By Mario Vassetti
Located in Napoli, IT
Country Scene - Mario Vassetti Italia 2006 - Oil on board cm.10x15.
In this wonderful oil on panel the painter portrays a scene from the life of a small village, with a rural landscape in the background. The painting inspires...
Category
Early 2000s Italian School Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
THE LANTERN-Francesco Giugliano Hyper-Realistic -Still life Oil on Canvas Paint.
By Francesco Giugliano
Located in Napoli, IT
THE LANTERN - Oil on canvas cm.50x70 by Francesco Giugliano , Italy 2011
This oil on canvas painting is an incredible example of the artist's ability to capture stunning detail and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
#303. From the Beaches series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The beaches of Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku represent a pictorial exploration that goes beyond the mere representation of the subject itself. The artist seeks to convey a poetry ...
Category
2010s Modern Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Villa - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 67x76.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of...
Category
1960s Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Moses - Mysterious Rose Collection, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Art-Deco style, Colonial atmosphere, inspired by floral and dark skinned powerful beauty of Moses - Mysterious Rose Collection. Large scale Cabarete co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Lying Nude with Signal 2 - Oil Paint on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1988
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Lying Nude with Signal 2 (Nudo disteso con segnale 2) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original oil o...
Category
1980s Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Italian Mythological Grisaille Painting Tritons and Nereids 18th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Large and beautiful Italian grisaille painting with a mythological theme in Renaissance taste, second half of the 18th century. The painting is unsigned.
Painted in oil on canvas, to...
Category
Late 18th Century Renaissance Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Hiroshi Yasukawa Signed Abstract Painting
By Hiroshi Yasukawa
Located in Roma, IT
Important abstract painting by the great modern Japanese artist
Depicts in the purest abstract-minimalist style an irregular rectangular geometric shape.
The black and white chromati...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude of Woman - Paint by Manlio Sarra - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Manlio Sarra (1909-1986) in the mid-20th Century.
It includes a beautiful contemporary wooden frame cm. 35.5x47.
Excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Study for decoration Moscow metro station" Kievskaya Tempera, Real socialism
Located in Torino, IT
Real Socialism,Moscow,1970,Russia,Orange,Men at Work,Propaganda
VIKTOR A. KONOVALOV (Uidol, Vladimir region 1912 – Moscow 1995)
Russian painter and graphic designer. He was born in...
Category
1950s Realist Italy - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
1860s Italian Signed Framed Landscape Painting
By Sante Nucci
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful painting of the Neapolitan school signed, dated and located. It has a metal plate on the front with the inscription ‘PAESAGGIO NAPOLETANO NUCCI Agosto 1893’.
Indeed, this...
Category
1860s Italian School Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Attributed Antonio Ciseri Religious Gospel Painting 19th century oil canvas
Located in Florence, IT
This small painting (oil on canvas 35 x 24.5 cm) represents an episode in the life of Saint Peter, as reported in the Acts of the Apostles. Once he was in the town of Lydda, together with Saint John, he met a man called Heneas, who was paralytic for 8 years, and the saint made a miracle and healed him.
It can be attributed to Antonio Ciseri...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lying Woman - Oil on Canvas by Nino Bertoletti - 1930/40s
By Nino Bertoletti
Located in Roma, IT
Lying Woman is an original modern artwork realized by the artist Nino Bertoletti beetween 1930 and 1940.
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin
Nino Bertoletti (Rome, October 26...
Category
1930s Modern Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract figure
Located in IT
abstract minimalist Painting on canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Frame: Not Framed
The canvas is shipped stretched,ready to be hanged on the wall
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Watercolor
$3,782 Sale Price
20% Off
Winter Landscape - Oil Paint by Djuro Jacovic - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by the naif painter Djuro Jacovic in 1970s.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame cm. 80x141x5 cm.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Onions - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signe.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his childhood years i...
Category
1960s Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Abstract Composition - Oil Painting by Tato - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Abstract Composition was realized by the Italian artist Tato (Guglielmo Sansoni, 1896-1974) in the early 20th century.
Oil painting on canvas. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
No Title 1958 Abstract Watercolor on Paper by Erich Keller
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense abstract watercolor has drawed on sheet of Fabriano paper, an Italian high quality paper specially made for artists and its artworks.
About Keller arworks was told many words but we want to add that every time we look at his creations we can feel at once his whole world.
Erich Keller...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Italy - Paintings
Materials
Paper
Sisters - Oil Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1968.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes a beautiful wooden frame, one-of-a-kind realized by the Artist cm. 59x68.5.
Category
1960s Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Polychrome Surface 7610 - Acrylic on Canvas by Genny Puccini - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Polychrome surface 7610 is a contemporary artwork realized by Genny Puccini in 1976.
Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas.
Hand signed and dated on the back.
Category
1970s Abstract Italy - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Zodiac Magic Circle - Oil Paint by Mino Meno - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Mino Meno in 1980s.
Hand signed and titled on rear.
It bears a contemporary wooden frame cm. 59.5x49.
Category
1980s Modern Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Leibniz Universe 3U - Contemporary and colorful underwater scene, Oil on canvas
By Gian Marco Capraro
Located in Dallas, TX
Gian Marco Capraro is fascinated by altered universes, dream states and idyllic states of being. Leibniz was a philosopher who wrote and deeply explored t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Still Life on a Table - Oil Painting on Canvas - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life on a Table is an original oil painting on canvas realized in the 20th Century.
Good conditions (the painting has been restored in some parts).
Frame included (83x108 cm).
Category
20th Century Modern Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dandelion - Small bright yellow green round abstract floral painting
By Jennifer L. Baker
Located in Silverthorne, CO
A bright joyful round painting dedicated to spring and yellow flowers.
Made on a circular frame.
Textured surface.
Totally unique.
Signed and stamped on back.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sezione Aurea A12 by Mattia Bosco - Wall sculpture, marble, gold leaf, abstract
Located in Paris, FR
Sezione Aurea A12 is a unique wall sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of Palissandro marble and gold leaf, dimensions are 57.5 × 33 × 11 cm (22.6 ×...
Category
2010s Abstract Italy - Paintings
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
1954 Italy Abstract Painting Venice Biennial Special Artwork by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1954, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini.
The artwork is an oil painting on a sheet of plywood especially created for the Ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Italy - Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
17Th Century Animals Scene Angelo Maria Crivelli Fight Fox Oil on Canvas Orange
By Angelo Maria Crivelli
Located in Sanremo, IT
This fox in the chicken coop, oil on canvas, 105 x 156 without frame and 135 x 185 cm with frame, was clearly painted by Angelo Maria Crivelli (Milan 1660 - 1730) called Crivellone; painter from the Milanese stable but also very active in Piedmont thanks to the Savoy family.
The theme in question was very successful in his time and he also developed it vertically, as we can see in some of his works at Castello Sforzesco; here the defense of the hen house...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian School Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Black and White Landscape , Original Art Ready to Hang Made in Italy
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape B/W
charcoal on paper (Canson paper 300 gr)
30x 42 cm
framed SIZE
40x50 cm
the drawing comes with a passepartout and a rigid support ready to be hung
this painting is published in the personal exhibition catalogue
"The Fragile Space"
was given a mention by the jury...
Category
2010s Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink
$1,052 Sale Price
20% Off
Still Life with Salami, Bread, Biscuits and Glass Bottles-Oil Paint-17th century
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding still life Salami, Bread, Biscuits Glass and Glass Bottles, realized with the technique of Oil on Canvas and surrounded by a modern wooden frame.
With its soft tones and...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Roma via Appia Painting oil on Canvas By Ruspini Randolfo
By Ruspini Randolfo
Located in Rome, IT
Roma via Appia Painting oil on Canvas By Ruspini Randolfo .1930-40
With a Giltwood frame of the same period.
Category
Early 20th Century Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,218 Sale Price
20% Off
Hot afternoon. Landscape, Impressionism, Canvas, Oil painting, Nature, Sea.
Located in Oslo, NO
This small artwork, painted with oil on canvas, was created en plein air from life on the Mediterranean coast near Rome, in the quaint fishing village of Torvaianica.
The painting c...
Category
2010s Impressionist Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venetian Rococò painter - 18th century mask figure painting - Pantalone Carnival
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian master (18th century) - Mask of Pantalone.
161 x 68 cm without frame, 169.5 x 76.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a white lacquered wooden frame (not si...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,587 Sale Price
45% Off
1966 Italy Abstract Collage Painting by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract Pop artwork was made in 1966, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini.
The artwork is a painting and a collage with newsp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Italy - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Magazine Paper
Dipinto figurativo ritratto maschile toscano del XIX secolo
By Aleardo Villa
Located in Florence, IT
Il dipinto è firmato a destra AVILLA.
Aleardo Villa è stato allievo di Giuseppe Bertini e Bartolomeo Giuliano e ha frequentato l'Accademia di Brera, diventando piuttosto famoso in tu...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Panel depicting pastoral scene attributed to Gerolamo da Ponte ( Bassano)
Located in Milan, IT
Gerolamo da Ponte (attr.) (Bassano 1566 - Venice 1621)
Pastoral Scene
Oil on panel, 44.5 x 36 cm
The Da Ponte family are concordantly known as Bassano, after the name of their cit...
Category
17th Century Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
STILL LIFE - Massimo Reggiani - Oil on canvas Italian Painting
By Massimo Reggiani
Located in Napoli, IT
Still life - Massimo Reggiani Italia 2007 - Oil on canvas cm. 40x60
The origins of still life are found in Dutch painting, among other sources. At the beginning of Dutch painting, ar...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch School Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tuscan Landscape near Siena with Tree in the Foreground and Rolling Hills. 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Tuscan Landscape near Siena with Tree in the Foreground and Rolling Hills
Artist: Bruno Buracchini (Sinalunga, 1912 – Siena, 1982)
Medium: Oil on board
Dimensions: 48.5 × 57.5 cm inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Francesco Casanova (Venetian painter) - 18th century landscape - Battle scene
Located in Varmo, IT
Francesco Casanova (London 1727 – Mödling 1803) attributed to - Battle scene on horseback.
22.5 x 17.5 cm.
Oil on canvas, unframed (not signed).
- Label: “CASANOVA Francesco Giuse...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
By Benvenuto Tisi, known as Il Garofalo, Madonna in Glory with Child
Located in Milan, IT
19th century, by Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo, called Il Garofalo (Canaro or Garofalo, 1476 or 1481 - Ferrara, 1559)
Madonna in Glory with Child
Oil on canvas, 82 x 80 cm
Framed, 92...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geometric Female Nude in Pink and Mauve – circa 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Geometric Female Nude in Pink and Mauve – circa 1970
Medium: Tempera on cardboard
Dimensions: H 65 cm x W 33 cm approx.
Description:
The female body is reimagined through a composit...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Italy - Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Illustration Board
CAPRICCI LANDESCAPE -Roman School - Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
By Vittorio Landi
Located in Napoli, IT
Landscape - Vittorio Landi Italia 2018 - Oil on canvas cm. 80 x 120.
In this wonderful oil on canvas the painter draws inspiration from Architectural Capricci, a pictorial genre o...
Category
Early 2000s Italian School Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"SIGNS" Minimal Abstract Paint , Original Art made in Italy
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
landscape
mixed media on canvas
original artwork
Original Created:2019
Subjects:Landscape
Materials: Canvas
Styles: #Abstract #AbstractExpressionism #Minimalism #Modern #Expressio...
Category
2010s Abstract Italy - Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Oil, Canvas
Sunset Landscape With the View of Procida Island Bay of Naples
Located in Rome, IT
Sunset Landscape with the view of Procida Island Bay of Naples. Signed by Henry Marko' painter active in Italian landscape oil on canvas .
Amazing decoration for your interior.
Me...
Category
Late 19th Century Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two friends
Located in Roma, RM
Conradijn Cunaeus ( Dendermonde 1828-1895 Nieuwer-Amstel ), Two friends.
Oil on canvas cm 100 x 118 signed lower right.
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$11,821
Landscape - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1964.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 71.5x53.5.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on M...
Category
1960s Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Self-portrait of the painter with beret and brush in hand, 1930s
Located in Firenze, IT
Self-portrait of the painter with beret and brush in hand, 1930s
Period: Circa 1930s
Italian school.
Technique: Oil on wooden panel
Frame: Painted wooden frame, coeval
Dimensions:
...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
POMPEIAN SCENE- Angelo Granati- Italian Oil on canvas Painting
By Angelo Granati
Located in Napoli, IT
Pompeian Scene - Angelo Granati Italia 2011 - Oil on canvas mis. cm. 50 x 80.
Gold leaf gilded wooden frame ext. mis. cm. 70 x 100.
In this painting, Maestro Angelo Granati drew in...
Category
2010s English School Italy - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Breakfast - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2000s
By Zhang Wei Guang
Located in Roma, IT
Breakfast is an oil painting realized by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror) in 2000s.
Includes frame.
Signature and various signs in Chinese calligraphy on the back.
Very Good conditions.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abstract Composition - Oil Painting 2010 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
By Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2010.
Oil on canvas applied on cardboard.
This contemporary artwork is an abstract composition character...
Category
2010s Abstract Italy - Paintings
Materials
Oil
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