Carlo Cignani

Giovanni Boldini (Ferrara 1842-1931 Paris), A Lady Wearing a Blue Feathered Hat and a Veil. Watercolour on paper. Signed Boldini at lower right. 510 x 355 mm. (20 1/12 x 14 in.). Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd.  Copyright © Master Drawings and Sculpture Week PROVENANCE: Sale J.J. Terris et F. Courchet, catalogue of the Cabinet d’un amateur parisien, Hall of the Savoy Hotel, Nice, 24th to 28th June 1942, no.219, according to the period label on the old backing board. Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628-1719 Forli), A... [Lire la suite]

Carlo Cignani (Bologne 1628 - Forli 1719), L'enfance de Jupiter. photo Lafon Castandet Toile; 112 x 153 cm. Cadre d'époque. Lot 38. Estimation : 25 000 / 30 000 € Provenance : - Colnaghi, Londres, 1955- Collection privée, Milan Bibliographie de référence : - Carlo Cesare Malvasia, Vite di pittori bolognesi [1671-72], a cura di A. Arfelli, Bologna 1961, p. 53.- Beatrice Buscaroli Fabbri, Carlo Cignani. Affreschi Dipinti Disegni, Nuova Alfa EdiCe tableau réapparaît sur le... [Lire la suite]

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, Carlo Cignani, Italian, about 1670–1680, Oil on canvas, 39 x 39 in. (99.1 x 99.1 cm). Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Photo © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Photographer: H.-P. Klut This exhibition tells the extraordinary story of a small group of artists who changed the course of art history. In the decades after the deaths of the great Renaissance masters, such as Raphael and Michelangelo, the art of painting was thought to have gone into steep decline. But... [Lire la suite]