Venice

Geminiano Cozzi, A Venetian white porcelain Magot, Venice, 1770. Porcelain, 13 x 15 x 13.5 cm (5.1 x 5.9 x 5.3 in.). Courtesy of PIVA&C at TEFAF 2023. Provenance: Private Collection.  Literature: 2016. Published in Geminiano Cozzi e le sue porcellane, by A. Craievich.

Francesco Guardi, Venice: The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge and the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi, Venice, c. 1757. Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 106.7 (34 x 42 in.). Courtesy CHARLES BEDDINGTON LTD at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: With Jacques Goudstikker, Kalverstraat 73, Amsterdam, before 1927.Paul Siegfried Daniel May (1869-1940) and Rosine Mariane May-Fuld (1871-1940), Amsterdam; their sale, Mensing & Zoon (Frederik Muller & Co.), Amsterdam, 14 October 1941, lot 2, as Canaletto.With... [Lire la suite]

Lot 116. A pair of Italian polychrome-painted lacca povera console tables, Venice, mid-18th century; 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 37. 1/2 in. (94 cm.) wide; 26. 1/2 in. (67 cm.) deep. Price Realised GBP 52,500 (Estimate GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000). © Christie's 2022  Each with rectangular octagonal moulded top decorated with landscapes, figures in Oriental and European dress, pagodas and genre scenes, above a waved frieze and on scrolling cabriole legs similarly decorated, joined by a waved... [Lire la suite]

Venice ©PHPB. PARIS - La Mairie du 1er arrondissement offre ses grilles pour l’exposition personnelle de la photographe Philippine dit PHPB : « Venice Venise ».  L’artiste nous propose un jeu de correspondances entre ces deux villes mythiques. Elle conduit le spectateur des plages de Venice aux quais de Venise en tissant des liens, des rencontres et des histoires à imaginer. Aux silhouettes américaines répondent les silhouettes vénitiennes captées dans leur quotidien, de la street photography... [Lire la suite]

Lot 47. A large Veneto-Saracenic dish, Venice, Italy, 16th century; 40.4cm diam. Estimate £5,000 - £7,000. Courtesy Chiswick Auctions. Of circular shape, with wide sloping rim and rounded lip, deep cavetto and flat centre, the interior completely covered with intricate engraved decoration comprising floral arabesques, interlocking split palmette tendrils, stylised lotus flowers, polylobed medallions and endless knots, the cavetto framed by a band of fretwork and another continuous floral scrolls with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 129. Property of a Royal Collection. A portrait of Suleyman the Magnificent, by a follower of Gentile Bellini, Italy, probably Venice, circa 1520; oil on panel, framed; painting: 32.5 by 28cm. frame: 42 by 36cm. Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 GBP (290,200 - 406,280 EUR). Lot sold 4 500 000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Ex-collection Samuel H. Kress.Ex-collection Contini Bonacossi.Ex-collection Cini, Castello di Monselice. Note: Both... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18. A portrait of Suleyman the Magnificent, by a follower of Gentile Bellini, Italy, probably Venice, circa 1520; oil on panel, framed; painting: 32.5 by 28cm frame: 42 by 36cm. Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 GBP. Lot sold 362,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2014 Provenance: Ex-collection Samuel H. KressEx-collection Contini BonacossiEx-collection Cini, Castello di Monselice. Note: When he came to power in 1520, Suleyman II inherited a vast empire which encompassed Syria,... [Lire la suite]

Saint Sebastian, Champagne ?, circa 1510-20. Limestone with traces of paint. H 92 x W 40 x 40 cm. © Chiale Fine Art at BRAFA 2019, Stand 114c. Provenance: private collection, Alsace, FranceLiterature: E. Devaux, 'Suite à Chaource dans Zodiaque', n° 40, January 1959, p. 10-11; J. Baudoin, 'La Sculpture flamboyante en Champagne Lorraine', Nonette, 1990, pp. 133-164; M. Beaulieu and V. Beyer, 'Dictionnaire des sculpteurs français du Moyen Age', Paris, 1992, p. 93-944. Autumn, Venice, circa... [Lire la suite]

Jan Davidsz De Heem (Utrecht 1606-1684 Antwerp), Still life, circa 1640-1645. Oil on panel, 67 x 108 cm. Signed: J.D. Heem f. © Chiale Fine Art Provenance: collection of Sir Emmanuel Kaye, England; private collection, London; private collection, Italy Literature: M. L. Hairs, ‘Les Peintres Flamand del Fleurs’, Ed. 1955; I. Bergstrom, Dutch still life painting, 1956; E. Greindl, ‘Les Peintres Flamands de nature morte’, 1956; W. Bernt, ‘Die Niederlandische Maler des 17 Jahrhunderts’, 1979, vol. 3, vol.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 209. Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - 1793), Venice, A view of San Giorgio Maggiore, oil on canvas, 44 x 58.1 cm.; 17 1/4  x 22 7/8  in. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 GBP. Lot sold 315,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's The great island monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore, with its church designed by Andrea Palladio and completed in 1610, was one of Guardi's most popular views, and nearly thirty autograph versions are recorded. The view in this hitherto unknown and unpublished work... [Lire la suite]