Category: Italian

Miniature sculptures made by Italian artist Guiseppe Maria Bonzanigo (1745-1820). Made from wood. Many of these being mourning pieces but not all.

Micro-sculpture. 18th c.
Micro-sculpture. 18th c. Italian. Image © Galerie Jaegy-Theoleyre, Proantic. Fair use license. via https://www.proantic.com/magazine/giuseppe-maria-bonzanigo-sculpteur-de-miniatures/
"Tomb of Louis XVI and Madame Elisabeth, daughter of France." 18th c.
“Tomb of Louis XVI and Madame Elisabeth, daughter of France.” 18th c. Amaranth, boxwood, violet wood and painted maple with a mahogany frame. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/attribue-a-giuseppe-maria-bonzanigo-1744-1820-5332883-details.aspx
Micro-sculpture. No exact date.
Micro-sculpture. No exact date. Probably a mourning piece with the plinth and weeping willow. Private collection. Image © 2019 AnticStore. Fair use license. via https://www.anticstore.art/75374P
Allegorical micro-sculpture. Framed.
Allegorical micro-sculpture. Framed. No exact date. Image © Palazzo Mazzetti. Fair use license. via https://www.palazzomazzetti.eu/piano-1/sala-bonzanigo/?lang=en
1_17_selene_endimione
“Selene and Endimione.” No exact date. Image © Palazzo Mazzetti. Fair use license. via https://www.palazzomazzetti.eu/piano-1/sala-bonzanigo/?lang=en
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More from the wonderful “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier.” Four gentlemen and a lady. Dating from 1595 and made in Italy. Collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

'Un conseiller de Angleterre." View 6.
‘Un conseiller de Angleterre.” View 6 from “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier.” 1595. Italian. Gouache on paper. Artist not known. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2019. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/172051
Masked woman with flower. Image #7.
Masked woman with flower. Image #7. from “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier.” 1595. Italian. Gouache on paper. Artist not known. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2019. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/172051
"Le conseiller de Angleterre a son habit de lordre." Image #8.
“Le conseiller de Angleterre a son habit de lordre.” Image #8 2 from “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier.” 1595. Italian. Gouache on paper. Artist not known. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2019. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/172051
"L'archer de Angleterre." Image #10.
“L’archer de Angleterre.” Image #10, from “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier.” 1595. Italian. Gouache on paper. Artist not known. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2019. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/172051
"Roy de France." Image #11.
“Roy de France.” Image #11 from “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier.” 1595. Italian. Gouache on paper. Artist not known. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2019. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/172051

Paintings of women in interesting poses and attire. Not sure they sat around the house like that. Probably not. Italian. Cesare Saccaggi, artist (1868-1934).

“Semiramide." No date.
“Semiramide.” No date. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.pinterest.com/pin/466192998912040076/?lp=true
"La Vetta." 1912.
“La Vetta.” 1912. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.flickr.com/photos/fracoraggio/14065921903
"Prozession zu Ehren der Mutter Natur."
“Prozession zu Ehren der Mutter Natur.” Depiction of a procession in honor of Mother Nature with an icon of Diana of Erhesius, Goddess of Fertility. 19th-20th c. Pastel. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.copia-di-arte.com/a/saccaggi-cesare/prozessionzuehrendermutte.html

Selected drawings of women holding things while being very elegantly dressed. From the Italian “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier” which dates from 1595 and lives at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Artist not known.

Woman with hat and sword. Image #3.
Woman with hat and sword. Image #3 from “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier.” 1595. Italian. Gouache on paper. Artist not known. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2019. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/172051
Woman with nosegay. Image #2.
Woman with nosegay. Image #2 from “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier.” 1595. Italian. Gouache on paper. Artist not known. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2019. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/172051
Woman with dress with red sleeves. Image #4.
Woman with dress with red sleeves. Image #4 from “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier.” 1595. Italian. Gouache on paper. Artist not known. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2019. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/172051
Woman with mirror. Image #5.
Woman with mirror. Image #5 from “Album Amicorum of a German Soldier.” 1595. Italian. Gouache on paper. Artist not known. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2019. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/172051

Renaissance ladies with ruffs that look itchy. Italian.Alessandro Allori, artist. Living from 1535 to 1607, he was a portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school. Pupil of Agnolo Bronzino.

Portrait of a Lady. ca. 1560.
Portrait of a Lady. ca. 1560. Oil on panel. Attributed to Alessandro Allori. Collection of the San Diego Museum of Art. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_Lady_attributed_to_Alessandro_Allori,_San_Diego_Museum_of_Art.JPG
Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo (1522-1562), wife of Cosimo de Medici I, the first Duke of Florence. ca. 1570's.
Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo (1522-1562), wife of Cosimo de Medici I, the first Duke of Florence. ca. 1570’s. Collection of the Berlin Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Image © 2019 Monuments Men Foundation. Fair use license. via https://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/join-the-hunt/significant-restitutions/allori-eleonora-of-toledo
Portrait of a Lady in Black and White. ca. 1590-99.
Portrait of a Lady in Black and White. ca. 1590-99. Oil on poplar panel. Image © Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Fair use license. via https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/collection/12910
Portrait of Lucrezia de’ Medici. 1560. Attributed to Allori.
Portrait of Lucrezia de’ Medici. 1560. Attributed to Allori. Image © 2017 North Carolina Museum of Art. Fair use license. via https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/artwork/lucrezia-de-medici-1545-1561/
Portrait of Maria de’ Medici. ca. 1555.
Portrait of Maria de’ Medici. ca. 1555. In the public domain due to age. via https://aleyma.tumblr.com/post/1061548268/alessandro-allori-maria-de-medici-c1555

Women looking underwhelmed with joy at the prospect of having a portrait made. Juana Romani née Carolina Carlesimo, artist. Living from 1867 to 1924, she was born in Italy but mostly painted in France. Also worked as an artist’s model.

"Giovane ragazza con il collare arruffato." 1892.
“Giovane ragazza con il collare arruffato.” 1892. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giovane_ragazza_con_il_collare_arruffato.jpg
"Femme," artwork done for the magazine Paris-Noël. 1897-98.
“Femme,” artwork done for the magazine Paris-Noël. 1897-98. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Romani_Juana_-_Femme_(Paris-No%C3%ABl_1897-1898).jpg
"Angelica." 1891.
“Angelica.” 1891. Oil on panel. Signature at top left. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juana_Romani_-_Portrait_De_Jeune_Fille.jpg

Micromosaic jewelry. First appearing in the 18th century, bigger in the nineteenth century and still being made today. Assembled with tweezers and much of it made in workshops at the Vatican and elsewhere in Italy a hundred years ago.

Micromosaic brooch/hair locket. ca. 1880-90.
Micromosaic brooch/hair locket. ca. 1880-90. Gold. Italian. Maker not known. Image courtesy Joden World Resources. Image © 2019 National Jeweler. Fair use license. via https://www.nationaljeweler.com/fashion/antique-estate-jewelry/7038-the-history-behind-micromosaic-jewelry
Micromosaic panel. ca. 1820-40.
Micromosaic panel. ca. 1820-40. Made in Rome, Italy. Antonio Aguatti, artist. Signed Aguatti. Photo courtesy of Sotheby’s. Image © 2001-2019 Lang Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.langantiques.com/university/micromosaic/
Micromosaic brooch with a dog motif. ca. 1860.
Micromosaic brooch with a dog motif and an unusual blue background. ca. 1860. Gold. Italian. Maker not known. Image © 1stdibs, Inc. 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/brooches/brooches/micromosaic-antique-18-karat-gold-brooch-european-circa-1860/id-j_6607462/
Micromosaic bracelet. Mid 19th c.
Micromosaic bracelet. Mid 19th c. Italian. Hallmark of the Vatican Workshop of the Papal State. Photo courtesy Doyle & Doyle. Image ©GEM GOSSIP 2019. Fair use license. via https://gemgossip.com/doyle-doyle-debuts-rare-collection-of-antique-jewels/
Basilica di San Marco brooch with red spinels.
Basilica di San Marco brooch with red spinels. 19th c. Continental. Probably reset. Collection of Elizabeth Locke. © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). Image ©2019 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.veranda.com/luxury-lifestyle/a27134033/elizabeth-locke-micromosaic-jewelry-collection/