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Item Ships From: Italy
Ladies of the Lake Digital Painting
By Daria Petrilli
Located in Milan, IT
Painted in a Pop-Surrealist style, this digital painting depicts two women on the misty shores of a lake. Adorned in elegant, unusual head coverings, one...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Textile, Canvas, Wood, Fir
$4,324 / item
Alchemici Verde Morbido Wallpaper, Essenziali collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Soft Green
Subjects: White line
Designer: Marika Tardio
Designed by hand in Digital Art
Made in: Italy
Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, back non-woven b...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Decorative Wall Dish - Federico Quattrini - Italy - 1954
By Federico Quattrini
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid Wall Plate by Federico Quattrini, 1954, signed and dated.
Rare and fascinating wall plate made in 1954 by renowned Italian artist and ceramicist Federico Quattrini. This uni...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Italian Hand Watercolored Apollon Butterfly Print with Mirror Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Artistic decorative hand water coloured print representing a butterfly.
This print has been pressed with an ancient press called "a Stella" and entirely hand water coloured by a ski...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Mirror, Tulipwood, Paper
Engraving on Copper Print from the Volume Navigazione Nautical Subject 1790
Located in Milan, IT
Print by engraving on copper plate Tav III TIX fig. 17-22 from the volume Navigazione; with frame 28 x 33. Some calculations are depicted. Very good condition.
Shipping is insured by...
Category
1790s Italian Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Drawing Representing Three Different Biplanes Aircraft WWI by Riccardo Cavigioli
By Riccardo Cavigioli
Located in Milan, IT
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 ...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Ceramic Raku Plate for Wall or Table Centerpiece
By Antonio Zaccarella
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Light blue in a materic frame, like rocks on the Mediterranean sea.
The Raku is a long and interesting procedure in very high temperatures and it's very difficult to make large size ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Sketch of a tiger Korea 1970s Acrylic on Paper for an Animals Encyclopedia
Located in Milan, IT
Acrylic colors on paper depicting a tiger; it is a preparatory sketch commissioned for an animals encyclopedia for children, created and signed by a Korean artist in the 1970s. Very ...
Category
1970s Korean Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Italian School; Saint Barbara, 18th century, oil on canvas
Located in Brescia, IT
Description
Santa Barbara
Oil on canvas
cm 93x71
The painting depicts St. Barbara, a highly revered Christian saint, especially as the patron saint of miners, gunners and firefighte...
Category
18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Old Large Hand Painted Ceramic Tile
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Old large hand painted ceramic tile with flowers and birds.
Look to the other ones I published.
ref. O/5353.
Category
Early 20th Century Central Asian Other Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Tapestry with rush structure, 1980s
Located in Roma, RM
Mid-Century tapestry with rush structure
Product details
Dimensions: 133 W x 178 H cm
Category
1980s Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric, Rush
Alpine Landscape, B. Gresse, 19th Century
Located in Vo', Veneto
Alpine landscape, B. Gresse, second half of the 19th century.
Oil on canvas.
Measures: 31 cm x 63 cm (dimensions referring to the canvas only -...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$1,035 Sale Price
27% Off
Rampicante Marrone Terracotta Wallpaper, Essenziali Coll. by Antonio Barbieri
Located in Firenze, IT
Artist: Antonio Barbieri
Designed by hand in Digital Art
Made in: Italy
Graphic dev. : Pattern
Collection: Essenziali
Project Miscellanea
Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cell...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
17th century OIl on Canvas Rudolphine School Painting, Cherub Games
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting an allegorical subject from the Rudolphine school, a game of cherubs with wild game, of exc...
Category
1670s Italian Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Italian Contemporary Hand Colored Print Axel Amuchastegui "Parrots" Red Tones
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant hand-watercoloured print representing two South American Macaws Ara Chloraptera in blue nuance. Image reproduced from the famous illustrations by Axel Amuchastegui.
Printed m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
George Lance Period Signed Picture Portrait
By George Lance
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful oil on canvas painting depicting a young noblewoman sitting outdoors with a bouquet of flowers in her hand and a cage on the ground, by the great English artist George Lance
This painting, never before on the market, comes from a private collection and is beautified by an impressive antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition.
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.
George Lance (24 March 1802 – 18 June 1864) was an English painter of still life and portrait miniatures.
Lance was born at the old manor-house in Little Easton in Essex. His father was William Lance who had previously served in a regiment of light horse and was at the time of Lance's birth an adjutant in the Essex yeomanry; he later became the inspector of the Bow Street horse-patrol. His mother, Louisa Lucy (née) Constable, with whom his father had eloped from boarding-school, was the daughter of Colonel Constable of Beverley in Yorkshire.
Although Lance showed a predilection for art at a very early age, he was placed, while not yet fourteen, in a factory in Leeds. However, the work injured his health and he returned to London. Wandering one day into the British Museum, he casually started a conversation with Charles Landseer, who happened to be drawing there. On learning that Landseer was a pupil of Benjamin Haydon, he went early next morning to that painter's residence, and asked to become a pupil. Haydon replied that if his drawings promised future success he would instruct him for nothing. Not many days later Lance, still not yet fourteen, entered Haydon's studio, and remained there for seven years, at the same time studying in the schools of the Royal Academy.
While designing a picture inspired by Homer's Iliad, he decided, before putting on the colours, to paint some fruit and vegetables as practice. This work attracted the notice of Sir George Beaumont, who purchased it, and this success led him to paint another fruit-piece, which he sold to the Earl of Shaftesbury. He then painted two fruit-pieces for the Duke of Bedford...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Romantic Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Sculture Antiche Di Marmo, Diana Cacciatrice, Dopo Houdon, Epoca Fine Ottocento.
Located in Breganze, VI
La categoria Sculture Antiche di Marmo e Alabastro, propone una grande e raffinata Scultura Femminile , che rappresenta Diana Cacciatrice.
Diana era una Dea italica, latina e roman...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble
Occhi Ecru Cotone Wallpaper, Essenziali Collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: textured light beige.
Subjects: black line.
Designer: Marika Tardio.
Designed by hand in Digital Art.
Made in: Italy.
Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, b...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
“Two Be” Contemporary Wall Sconce, Onyx, copper
By Sabrina Landini
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TWOBE
The harmony of feeling as one
For over 22 years, we have been committed to offering unique collections in terms of design and quality. We continue to honor the hand-made by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Onyx, Copper
Italian 19th Century Florence Architectural Decoration Hand-Colored Print Stemma
Located in Scandicci, Florence
A rare extra-large print, printed on engraving paper with an antique star press and watercolored by hand representing antique Stemma of "Porta dell'Antica Università dei Lanaioli", f...
Category
1840s Italian Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Naval Ship Combat Painting Framed Rudolf Claudus 1922
By Rudolf Claudus
Located in Sacile, PN
Rudolf Claudus is one of the most important European naval artist.
Born in 1893 in Austria, since his childhood cultivates a passion for visual art and the sea. At the end of the Fi...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Paesaggio dipinti a mano olio su tela
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Paesaggio dipinti a mano olio su tela
Private collection Domenico rugiano
Category
1920s Italian Other Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1962 Italy Abstract Painting and Paper Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1962, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini.
The artwork is a pastel painting and a collage with a newspaper sheet on the surface...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Italian Contemporary Hand Painted Botanical Print Representing Kayea Fluribonda
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant hand-watercoloured print representing Imperatoria Ostruthium, a flowering plant belonging to the family Apiaceae.
This botanical style print is available in 4 different n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Floral Panel Sculpture Made by Marta Marzotto, 1980s
By Marta Marzotto
Located in taranto, IT
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
...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Fontana Zebrato Wallpaper, Essenziali Collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Cream White
Subjects: Black Line
Designer: Marika Tardio
Designed by hand in Digital Art
Made in: Italy
Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, back non-woven ...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Antique Painting, Art Deco, Navy, Foaming Waves And Reef, Oil On Canvas.
Located in Breganze, VI
The Sea Squares category offers a Marina with Foaming Waves and Reef.
This is an oil painting on canvas from the early 1900s.
The 20th-century painting is signed at lower left Léon...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Majolica Pair of Wall Brackets for Sconces
By Giustiniani Family 1
Located in Milano, MI
Early 19th century Neoclassical carved and gilded wall brackets realized with a white ivory color majolica demi vase of the Italian manufacture Gi...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Maiolica, Giltwood, Canvas
Female Nude Painting, Nude Of Lying Woman, Oil On Cardboard, Art Deco, XX.
By Yves Diey
Located in Breganze, VI
The category Female Nudity Paintings, features a nude of a woman lying in a bed,
20th century, 1930s-40s. Art Deco.
The work is a painting, hand-painted in the early 1900s. It carr...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
19th Century Italian Oil on Panel Landscape Painting Florence View Black Frame
Located in Firenze, IT
This late 19th century oil on wooden panel offers a captivating glimpse of historic Florence, expertly rendered with meticulous architectural detail and atmospheric quality typical o...
Category
19th Century Italian Romantic Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Large Round Plate in Artistic Ceramics Sardinia Paolo Loddo Dorgali Animals
By Paolo Loddo
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large round plate in artistic ceramics of Sardinia Characters and Animals, 1960.
Artist Paolo Loddo Dorgali Sardinia.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
$664 Sale Price
30% Off
Collage Picture in Satin Lace and Applications with Woman Figure, 1980s
Located in taranto, IT
Particular painting signed "anna 86", made in collage with lace and satin elements and fabric applications, in shades of blue and blue
size 54 x 44 cm, complete with briar-effect ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Universo Malva Wallpaper, Les Petits Collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Purple
Subjects: White Line
Designer: Marika Tardio
Designed by hand in Digital Art
Made in: Italy
Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, back non-woven backing
Greenguard Gold Inks, low emissions ).
Single roll width: 53cms
Height: cut according to the height of the wall.
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About the design:
Space does not end on the horizon and there’s not an actual board at the end of the visible universe. In fact, there is space for customization among the galaxies of our universe: just choose your kid’s initials and tell us.
Make your own nursery even more personal.
Fairy-tale winged animals, eyed flowers, very tiny clouds and keys that open ancient treasure chests...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
True Love Isn’t Hearts and Flowers Wallpaper Verde Oliva by Magnus Gjoen
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Olive Green
Designer: Magnus Gjoen
Designed by hand in Digital Art
Project Miscellanea
Graphic dev: Pattern
Collection: Racconti
Made in: Italy
Printing support: fine Ar...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Lithograph Depicting the Horse Winner of the 1990 Italian Derby
Located in Milan, IT
Lithograph on paper made in the 1990s by the Salomone typography in Rome from a painting depicting Houmayoun, winner of the 1990 Italian Derby, ridden by Santiago Soto. With frame 66...
Category
1990s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Italian 19th Century Big Size Florence Architectural Hand-Colored Print
Located in Scandicci, Florence
"Casa del Chiasso de Davanzati - Studi"
A rare extra-large print, printed on engraving paper with an antique star press and watercolored by hand representing an antique palazzo's ...
Category
1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Orchid" - Artistic mosaic wall installation Kaleidoscope Collection
Located in Venezia, IT
The Kaleidoscope Collection offers the freedom to customize spaces through unique modular compositions capable of creating endless, ever-changing patterns.
The "Orchid" model was bo...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood
Ricamo Grigio Polvere Wallpaper, Essenziali Collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Powder Gray
Subjects: White Line
Designer: Marika Tardio
Designed by hand in Digital Art
Made in: Italy
Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, back non-woven ...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Lithograph Depicting the Horse Winner of the Italian Derby in 1989
Located in Milan, IT
Lithograph on paper made in the 1990s by the Salomone typography in Rome from a painting depicting Prorutori winner of the 1989 Italian Derby, ridden by M.L. Roberts. With frame 66.5...
Category
1990s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Gerry Hunt, 'Transitive Relationships' set of 2 photographic works, UK 1978
Located in Firenze, IT
'Transitive Relationships' Set of 2 photographic works on wood panel
Gerry Hunt (1927 - 2023), United Kingdom 1978
Early works "Transitive Relationships" 1978
Gerry Hunt's career...
Category
1970s British Minimalist Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Brain Antique Anatomical Plate by Lehrmittelverlag Hageman Düsseldorf 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical didactic plate of the 1930s on canvas paper depicting the brain, the spinal column and the sense organs, mounted on two black painted wooden sticks. Signed Lehrmittelverla...
Category
1930s German Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pencil Drawing Depicting a Brandenburg C I Aircraft WWI by Riccardo Cavigioli
By Riccardo Cavigioli
Located in Milan, IT
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 ...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Altorilievo battaglia romana in marmo bianco di Carrara
By Laboratorio Todini
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Scultura, altorilievo, bassorilievo, busto romano antico, arte romana, arte classica, arte greca, busto, marmo bianco Carrara, scultura classica, altorilievo scolpito, scultura antic...
Category
1990s Italian Classical Roman Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble
Italian Contemporary Hand Painted Yellow and Light Blue Tulips Vase Big Print
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant and refined print representing a vase of flowers and, precisely, a vase of yellow and light blue tulips.
Four different vases prints are available to create a colourful com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Ludovica Nero Mezzanotte Wallpaper - Racconti collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Midnight Black
Subjects: Multicolor
Designer: Marika Tardio
Designed by hand in Digital Art
Made in: Italy
Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, back non-wo...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Ceramic Plate with Scenes of Warriors and Purple 24-Karat Gold Horses Finzi
By Arrigo Finzi
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large ceramic plate with scenes of warriors and purple 24-karat gold horses Finzi attributed.
Embossed decoration in 24-karat gold.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Plate
$1,495 Sale Price
30% Off
Art Nouveau Italian Pair of Wall Brackets with Children Busts and Flowers 1920
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of 20th century Art Nouveau Italian wall brackets, two hand-modeled, hand painted ceramic brackets with a fine polychrome decoration with half-bust girl and boy figures and flowers.
They are a Northern Italy manufacture, unmarked, dating back to the early 20th century in good condition, with minor chips consistent with age and use.
A very charming pair of Italian ceramic brackets showing, in the lower part an unusual flower composition surmounted by two half-bust figures, girl and boy with a fine polychrome decoration.
Ready to be hanged, this pair of antique wall brackets...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Futurist Medical Sketch of a Campaign Against Tuberculosis 1930
By Fortunato Depero
Located in Milan, IT
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...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Italian Contemporary Hand Painted Botanical Print "Phoenix Dactylifera", 3 of 4
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant hand-watercoloured print representing Phoenix Dactylifera, of the palms family.
This botanical style print is available in 4 different natural representations to create a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Italian Figurative Earthenware Wall Plate, Italy 1950s
By Enrico Ciuti
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Italian Figurative engraved Earthenware Wall Plate,
Woman bust with flowers on her head
Illegible Signature.
Italy 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Earthenware
$3,797 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Contemporary Jungle Style Hand Colored Faunistic Print, Lion
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Funny and elegant hand-watercoloured jungle style print representing an elephant. The frame is black patinated and the print is engraved with a star press. This print is part of a se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Gilt Wooden Antique Frieze
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique gilt wooden frieze with leaves and small berries.
I simply hung it and admire it every now and then.
ref. O/5987
Category
Mid-18th Century French Baroque Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Fruitwood
Oil painting on canvas title " Honda 500" motorcycle honda Mike Hailwood year 2019
Located in None, IT
Oil painting on cotton canvas, title "Honda 500," year 2019, signed by the artist. The work belongs to the motion series in which the representation of motion is connected with speed...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
LATE 18th CENTURY LANDSCAPE PAINTING WITH FIGURES
Located in Firenze, FI
Charming oil painting on wooden panel, elegantly framed in a carved and gilded wooden frame. The work depicts a landscape at sunset, with a city looming in the distance. In the foreg...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
Italian handmade Contemporary Graphic Limited and numbered edition
Located in Scandicci, Florence
From the "Habitat Collection" original limited and numbered edition of 100 pieces. Exclusive contemporary graphic printed by hand in two colors on a flat bed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Uno, Nessuno Lavanda Digitale Wallpaper, Essenziali Collection
Located in Firenze, IT
Background: Lilac
Subjects: White Line
Designer: Marika Tardio
Designed by hand in Digital Art
Made in: Italy
Printing support: Fine Art ( front 50% cellulose, back non-woven backing
Greenguard Gold Inks, low emissions).
Single roll width: 53cms
Height: cut according to the height of the wall.
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About the design:
A myriad of hands interweave, giving life to a perpetual motion, which shapes a visionary world. Forms and colors play tricks on the eyes. The infinite metamorphosis is a constant surprise.
There are so many points of view we can’t really know which one is reflecting reality Mixtures of shades and graphic drawings...
Category
2010s Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Monochrome Screenprint on Green Background - Carmelo Cappello - Italy - 1964
By Carmelo Cappello
Located in Milano, IT
This fine monochrome silkscreen print, made in 1964 by Carmelo Cappello, is a representative example of the artist's abstract research. The teal background, traversed by dynamic whit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Italian Contemporary Hand Colored Faunistic Print Representing "Giraffe"
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Print from a Collection of three faunistic prints:
- Tiger an Jaguar
- Elephant
- Giraffe
Printed manually on 100% cotton engraving paper in Florence Italy.
Each print is entir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pair “Faux Bamboo” Frames With Old Italian Shell Prints With Overwritten Text.
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Please read the entire description carefully, as we strive to provide complete technical and historical details to ensure the authenticity of our objects. These two “faux bamboo” frames enclose color prints on paper, depicting compositions of marine corals in strange and rare shapes. The print on the left depicts a seaweed-shaped coral, with intricate details reminiscent of some species of the genus Acropora; the composition on the right depicts a coral belonging to the Gorgonian family, with the peculiarity of being depicted coiled on itself. These colored prints, made in Italy, date from a time when naturalists and illustrators created detailed plates to document and study marine flora and fauna, and can be dated between 1750 and 1770. Their uniqueness lies in the fact that they were used as a medium for writing a text (a letter)at the same time or shortly thereafter. Antique color prints with handwritten text on the entire surface represent an example of an ancient practice called manuscript on image or illustrated manuscript. This technique was widespread in various eras and contexts, both artistic and practical. In medieval manuscripts, it was common to embellish texts with elaborate miniatures, illustrations, and initial letters, often in color. Although not entirely identical, this practice reflects the historical interest in the integration of text and image. During the Victorian period and into the early 1900s, it was common to write letters and messages on picture postcards, often embellished with colorful images and decorations, with lettering covering part or all of the illustration. Japanese ukiyo-e prints often combined images with poems or handwritten descriptions, and this practice spread between the 17th and 19th centuries. Modern and contemporary artists have taken up and reinterpreted this tradition: for example, German artist Anselm Kiefer has created works that combine images with handwritten text across the entire surface. In short, handwriting on color prints was not as common as simple illustrations, but there are numerous historical and modern examples of how text and image can be combined in unique and creative ways. Another notable detail of our prints is that the one on the right has the price “5 soldi” imprinted at the top. The "soldo" is a historical Italian currency with a long and rich history. The soldo originated in the Middle Ages, with the first documented issuance dating back to the Carolingian Empire, around 800 AD. The term “soldo” derives from the Latin word “solidus,” which was a Roman gold coin...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Other Antique Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Paper
Butterfly Contemporary Wall sculpture , art Silvered Glass jade color
By Sabrina Landini
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
BUTTERFLY
The free dance movement
For more than 22 years, Sabrina Landini pays homage to glass surfaces in her expression of silvered masterworks, the hallmark of her collection.
S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Italy - Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
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Vintage Kerchiefs
Vintage Wall Thermometer
1923 Dress
American Sampler
Antique Epaulettes
Antique Satan
California Art Tile
In The Style Of Basquiat
Islamic Manuscript
Castle Howard
Curtis Boat
Giltwood Cherub From Italy