Art du XVIème siècle/16th century Art

Francesco Salviati, Portrait of Giovanni da Cepperello, Rome, Circa 1538. Oil on paper, 44 x 34 cm (17.3 x 13.4 in.). Courtesy BENAPPI FINE ART at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Italy, private collection. Literature: June 2021. Published in Salviati: A lost portrait on paper, by Carlo Falciani.

Workshop of Andrea Riccio, Acrobat, Padua - Italy, Early 16th Century. Bronze, 14.5 x 8 x 10 cm (5.7 x 3.1 x 3.9 in.). Courtesy BENJAMIN PROUST FINE ART LTD at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Art market, Paris, 1913Basel, private collection, by 1930.

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop, Frederick III (the Wise), Elector of Saxony, Dated 1532. Panel painting, oil on hardwood, 20 x 14.7 cm (7.9 x 5.8 in.). Courtesy SENGER BAMBERG KUNSTHANDEL at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: - Edmund Count de Pourtalès (* April 6, 1828 in Paris; † March 23, 1895 in Cannes)- Auction Gallery Fischer, Lucerne, November 23-25, 1932, as part of the inventory of Mauensee Castle, lot 1052- Until 2017 private collection, Switzerland. Catalogue raisonné CORPUS CRANACH No.:... [Lire la suite]

An Urbino “Istoriato” Maiolica Plate, “Horatius Cocles Defends a Bridge Against the Etruscans”, c. 1550. Tin-glazed earthenware, 46 cm (diameter) (18.1 in. diam.). Price: 95.000 EUR. Courtesy JULIUS BÖHLER KUNSTHANDLUNG at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Collection Baron Adolphe de Rothschild Paris;By descent to Maurice de Rothschild;Duveen Bros., New York, 1916;Clarence H. MacKay, New York;Dr. H. Deutsch Collection, Belle Harbour, Long Island, New York;Sotheby‘s London, 14 May 1963, lot 33;Christie‘s... [Lire la suite]

Bartolomeo Passerotti, Portrait of a Gentleman in a Silver Chainmail (a Champion Fencer?), Bologna, c. 1575. Oil on canvas, 107 x 78.5 cm (42 x 31 in.). Courtesy MAURIZIO NOBILE FINE ART at TEFAF Maastricht 2023. Provenance: Parma (Italy), private collection

The William Randolph Hearst Dionysos, Greek, c. 300 B.C. Marble, H. max. 152 cm, w. max. 51.5 cm (h. max. 59.8 x w. max. 20.3 in.). Courtesy CAHN at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Brummer Gallery, New York January 3, 1924. Sold to William Randolph Hearst, May 8, 1924. Acquired by Gimbel Bros., Inc., New York, November 1944. Thereafter coll. Horace Richter (1918-2006), New York and Jerusalem, acquired in New York by 1990; thence by descent.  Literature: 1997. Published in Compare: Dionysos... [Lire la suite]

Paul Bril, View of an Italian Inner Harbor, c. 1580's. Oil on canvas, 98 x 136 cm (38.6 X 53.5 in.). Courtesy KUNSTHANDEL P. DE BOER B.V. at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private collection Veneto, Italy.Bernardi Collection, Sienna Italy. Literature: Published in will be published in forthcoming monograph on Paul Bril, by Drs Luuk Pijl, page unknown. NDB: Cf. the one in Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels & in the Galleria Borghese. Paul Bril (b. 1554, Antwerpen, d. 1626, Roma), The... [Lire la suite]

Jan Saenredam (1565-1607), Allegory of Love, Sight and Art, c. 1598. Engraving after Hendrick Goltzius, 24.4 x 18.4 cm (9.6 x 7.2 in.). Courtesy NICOLAAS TEEUWISSE OHG at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private Collection, Germany. Literature: Published in Hollstein 106 II (of III)Published in Leesberg (New Hollstein, Goltzius) 716 II (of III) The "Allegory of Love, Sight and Art", a highly complex composition overflowing with symbols and attributes, can rightly be regarded as one of the main works of... [Lire la suite]

Tankard, Augsburg, End of 16th century. Silver, silver-gilt, filigree, and glass. H. 21 cm (8.3 in.). Hallmark of Augsburg 1590-1600; Maker's Mark IDK. Courtesy  at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private French collection

Automaton Renaissance Turmuhr, Nuremberg, c. 1585. Gilt brass, silver; 40 x 20 x 20 cm. Signed HANE CREI COERVORSTEN. Courtesy MENTINK & ROEST at TEFAF Maastricht 2023 Provenance: Mentink & Roest Collection. Literature: Published in Von Uhren und Automaten, by Klaus Maurice.