Tag: Italian

Views of a Paris dressed up in flags for the reentry of the Piedmont-Sardinian army after the battle of Solerfino in late June of 1859. Artwork by French painter and watercolorist Léon Leymonnerye(1803 – 1879). Collections of the Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris.

Rentrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14 août 1859 : hommage des cirques Napoléon et de l’Impératrice.
August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14-aout-1859-hommage-des-cirques#infos-principales
Entrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14/08/1859 : à l’armée d’Italie le théâtre des folies dramatiques. August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14081859-a-l-armee-d-italie-le#infos-principales
Entrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14/08/1859: Le théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin. August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14081859-theatre-de-la-porte-saint
Rentrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14 août 1859 : devant la rue du helder. Le commerce du boulevart des italiens et des rues adjacentes. August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14-aout-1859-devant-la-rue-du-helder#infos-principales
Rentrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14 août 1859 : le théâtre de l’opéra comique. August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14-aout-1859-le-theatre-de-l-opera#infos-principales
Rentrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14 août 1859 : au droit de la rue de la paix. August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14-aout-1859-au-droit-de-la-rue-de#infos-principales

Out and about in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany back in 1828, more or less. Taken from Hjalmar Mörner’s folio “Collezione dei costumi di diverse provincie del Gran Ducato di Toscana”. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers after drawings by Francesco Pieraccini.

Gioco dei burattini al Moto. Image 3. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n2/mode/1up
Venditrice di spighe di granone arrostite, Image 11. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n10/mode/1up
Pescivendolo. Image 12. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n12/mode/1up
il ciabattino. Image 14. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n14/mode/1up
Rissa de donne. Image 20. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n20/mode/1up
Cambia – monete. Image 22. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n22/mode/1up
Il tamburello. Image 26. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n26/mode/1up
Barbiere. Image 28. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n28/mode/1up

La Tarantella. Page 30. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Taken from Hjalmar Mörner’s folio Collezione dei costumi di diverse provincie del Gran Ducato di Toscana“. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n30/mode/1up
Acquajuolo. Page 36. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Taken from Hjalmar Mörner’s folio Collezione dei costumi di diverse provincie del Gran Ducato di Toscana“. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n36/mode/1up
Passaggio della Lava. Page 42. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Taken from Hjalmar Mörner’s folio Collezione dei costumi di diverse provincie del Gran Ducato di Toscana“. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n42/mode/1up
Un Caffe de Napoli. Page 44. ca. 1828. Cuciniello e Bianchi, lithographers, after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. Taken from Hjalmar Mörner’s folio Collezione dei costumi di diverse provincie del Gran Ducato di Toscana“. Collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (BNCF), Florence. Scanned by the Internet Archive. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/cappugi-385-images/page/n44/mode/1up

Hand-fans painted with Mount Vesuvius mostly in eruption, a little souvenir something to take home to your girl when you made a Grand Tour in Europe at mid century, the 19th century, that is. One of Stromboli but it fits right in.

Hand-fan painted with a depiction of an erupting Mount Vesuvius and the harbor at Naples. ca. 1790. Italian. Silk or possibly chicken skin folded leaf with gilded black lacquer wood sticks. Maker not known. Image © The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. Fair use license. via https://emuseum.ringling.org/emuseum/objects/13782/fan?ctx=29b65bbe-17ca-47d8-b762-6c693263b1c5&idx=98
Fan depicting the the eruption of Mount Vesuvius over Pompeii in AD 79. ca. 1825. French. Hand-painted parchment, ivory, gilt brass and rhinestones. Maker not known. Part of the exhibit “A Graceful Gift: Fans from the Mona Lee Nesseth Collection” held at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum and Galleries, Los Angeles. Image © Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum and Galleries. Fair use license. via https://blog.fidmmuseum.org/museum/2016/06/women-are-armed-with-fans.html
Hand fan with a depiction of Mount Vesuvius and the harbor at Naples. Chicken skin leaf with twelve tortoiseshell sticks and guards inlaid with red gold foliage on the sticks and foliage and urns on the guards. Reverse painted in the style of Greek vases with Bacchus on a leopard in the center surrounded by bacchantes and maenads in terracotta orange against black. Terracotta orange, black and cream border, inscribed “Figure estratte da un Vaso Etrusco”, ca. 1790-1800. Italian. Francesco Petilli, maker. Image © Glasgow Museums. Fair use license. via http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=196043;type=101
;Hand-fan, the skin leaf delicately painted on one side with a nocturnal eruption of Vesuvius in the Bay of Naples and on the other with a view of the Casina Vanvitelliana on Lake Fusaro, framed by two villagers in traditional costume.ca. 1800-1820. Italian Grand Tour souvenir. Maker not known. Image © Fan d’éventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/fan-leafs/4070-lago-fusaro-ans-vesuvio-fan-leaf-circa-1800-1820.html
Grand Tour souvenir fan depicting the eruption of Vesuvius in 1779. The skin leaf painted with three cartels: in the middle, a view of the Bay of Naples with the beginnings of a volcanic eruption, on the right a night view of the eruption of Vesuvius on August 8, 1779, and on the left the ruins of the temple of Serapides at Pozzuoli with a trompe l’oeil of ribbon and engraving. Sticks and guards applied with gold and silver leaf and colored sequins. ca. 1779. Maker not known. Presumably made in Italy. Image © Fan d’éventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/18th-century-fans/4052-de-terre-et-de-feu-l-eruption-du-vesuve-de-1779-eventail-du-grand-tour.html
Horn brisé fan inlaid with steel sequins, painted with a nocturnal eruption, perhaps of the Stromboli volcano seen from San Bartolo. ca. 1820-1830. Probably done as a Grand Tour souvenir to sell to young gentlemen making their grand tour. Image © Fan d’éventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/19th-century-fans/3666-volcano-at-night-fan-circa-1820-30.html

Hardstone columns and obelisks. Mostly made in Italy where they made oceans of these to sell to all those rich gentlemen making the Grand Tour, all of whom needed lots of souvenirs to take home to Mother. Some a little later than others copying earlier 19th century designs.

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Set of five ormolu mounted marble and hardstone columns, surmounted respectively by a classical urn, spread-winged eagle or bust of Mercury. 20th c, after the antique. Made from various made of various specimen marble and hardstones. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-set-of-five-ormolu-mounted-marble-and-5704130-details.aspx
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“Grand Tour” obelisks. Late 19th c. Brown and white marble. 1880. Italian. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/home-accents/obelisks/pair-of-italian-grand-tour-obelisks-brown-white-marble/id-f_18717382/
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Faux hardstone obelisks. 19th c. Continental. Carved wood and Papier-mâché decoration, imitating lapis lazuli. Maker not known. In the public domain. via https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a3/ef/a0/a3efa06d60e2e83540700de3b8dd9b61.jpg
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Two pairs of ormolu mounted hardstone columns. One pair in red jasper surmounted by seated griffins, The second pair inf brèche violette and white marble, surmounted by rosso antico orbs. Late 19th-early 20th c. Italian. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2020 and lot-art.com. Fair use license. via https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lots/TWO-PAIRS-OF-ITALIAN-ORMOLU-MOUNTED-HARDSTONE-COLUMNS-LATE-19THEARLY-20TH-CENTURY/143propertyof-two_pair-07.5.20-christie
Pair of ormolu-mounted porphyry and granite obelisks, each obelisk on a rectangular plinth hung with laurel swags and lion mouths on giallo antico base. 19th-20h c, possibly earlier. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2024. Fair use license. via https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/collector-new-york/pair-ormolu-mounted-porphyry-granite-obelisks-602/221235?ldp_breadcrumb=back

Pair of marble and simulated marble obelisks, the tapering obelisks inlaid with a variety of marbles and hardstones, on plinth bases. Late 19th c. Made in Italy. Image Image © 2024 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/classic-design-furniture-clocks-silver-ceramics/a-pair-of-italian-simulated-specimen-marble

Mount Vesuvius erupting but not today. Paintings filled with flaming excitement but guaranteed not to spill lava on the carpet. Various artists.

"The Eruption of Vesuvius, 1794." ca. late 18th century.
“The Eruption of Vesuvius, 1794.” ca. late 18th century. Artist not known. Collection of the Austrian National Library. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/92070/BibliographicResource_1000126220870.html
"Eruption of Mount Vesuvius." 1762.
“Eruption of Mount Vesuvius.” 1762. French. Charles Francois Lacroix de Marseilles, artist (1700-1779 or 1782). In the public domain. via https://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/2014/12/06/deadly-allure-mount-vesuvius-in-paintings/
"The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius." 1777.
“The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius.” 1777. French. Pierre-Jacques Volaire, artist (1729 – 1790’s). Image © 1999–2019 North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc., Raleigh. Fair use license. via https://ncartmuseum.org/art/detail/the_eruption_of_mt._vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius erupting in 1812 as seen from the Ponte dell Maddalena. (detail).
Mount Vesuvius erupting in 1812 as seen from the Ponte dell Maddalena. (detail). ca. 1820. Gouache. Artist not known. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_of_Mount_Vesuvius_erupting_in_1812_as_seen_from_the_Ponte_dell_Maddalena_(c_1820,_detail).jpg
Mount Vesuvius erupting at night with figures looking on. Early 19th c. Gouache on paper. Neapolitan School. Image © Bonhams 2001-2023. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28749/lot/642/neapolitan-school-early-19th-century-mount-vesuvius-erupting-at-night-with-figures-looking-on/

Destruction de la ‘Torre del Greco’ lors de l’éruption du Vésuve en 1794. Undated. Gouache. Neapolitan school of the 19th century. Titled and dated TORRE DISTRUTTA NEL 1794 at the bottom center. Image © Christie’s 2024. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/maitres-anciens-peintures-dessins-sculptures-online/ecole-napolitaine-du-xixe-siecle-129/237241?ldp_breadcrumb=back

Medieval and fantastic. Paolo Uccello, artist. Living from 1397 to 1475, he mostly painted in Florence when not doing mathematics.

"Tebaide." 1460's.
“Tebaide.” 1460’s. Tempera on canvas. Collection of the Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paolo_uccello,_tebaide.jpg

"City View of Florence." Undated.
“City View of Florence.” Undated. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://fineartamerica.com/featured/city-view-of-florence-paolo-uccello.html?product=metal-print

"The Hunt in the Forest." ca. 1470.
“The Hunt in the Forest.”ca. 1470. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://davidsartoftheday.blogspot.com/2015/02/paolo-uccello-hunt-in-forest.html

More gloriousness from the Stile Liberty movement, these by painter Vittorio Zecchin (1878-1947).

"Princess in the Garden" from the series "Le Mille e una Notte." 1914.
“Princess in the Garden” from the series “Le Mille e una Notte.” 1914. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.theartpostblog.com/il-novecento-il-liberty-a-venezia

from the series "Le Mille e una Notte."
from the series “Le Mille e una Notte.” 1914. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vittorio-Zecchin-art.jpg

From the series "Les Mille et Une Nuits." ca. 1914.
From the series “Les Mille et Une Nuits.” ca. 1914. Oil and gold on canvas. Collection of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Mille_et_Une_Nuits_-_V._Zecchin_-_with_border_-_RF_2012-24.jpg

Beautiful art from the heart of the Stile Liberty movement. Art Nouveau with an Italian air. Galileo Chini, artist (183-1956).

Decorative panel with two cherubs wrapped in ribbons and supporting a garland of roses.
Decorative panel with two cherubs wrapped in ribbons and supporting a garland of roses. Made for the Sala della Giovane Etruria at the 1906 Milan International Exhibition. 1906. Mixed technique. Image © Copyright Repertorio delle Opere di Galileo Chini. Fair use license. via http://www.repertoriogalileochini.it/opera-galileo-chini.asp?id=220&titolo=PANNELLO%20CON%20PUTTI

Ceramic vase. ca. 1905.
Ceramic vase. ca. 1905. Image © Italian Ways S.r.l. Fair use license. via http://www.italianways.com/ceramics-by-galileo-chini-from-renaissance-to-art-nouveau/

Decorative panel with birds. ca. 1910-1920.
Decorative panel with birds. ca. 1910-1920. Image © italialiberty.it. Fair use license. via http://www.italialiberty.it/mostrachinieprotagonistinovecento/#jp-carousel-15779

Liquor advertising more cheerful than most by Italian poster designer Leonetto Cappiello, who mostly worked in Paris and lived from 1875 to 1942.

"Maurin Quina." Undated.
“Maurin Quina.” Undated. Cc0 licence 3.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maurin_Quina.svg
"Isolabella." Undated.
“Isolabella.” Undated. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://paintingandframe.com/prints/leonetto_cappiello_isolabella-28455.html
"Cognac Pellisson." Undated.
“Cognac Pellisson.” Undated. Image © 2002-2019 Live Auctioneers. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/7622653_47-leonetto-cappiello-1875-1942-italian

 

“Contratto.” 1922. Les Nouvelles Affiches Cappiello, Torino. Leonetto Cappiello, graphic designer. ” Image © 2002-2019 Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/LEONETTO-CAPPIELLO–1875-1942—CONTRATTO-1922-54×37–inches?saleno=2577&lotNo=182&refNo=781663

Putti and their little winged friends having fun while no one else in the painting is looking. . . .

Spedalingo Altarpiece ( putti detail). 1518.
Spedalingo Altarpiece ( putti detail). 1518. Italian. Rosso Fiorentino, artist (1495-1540). Collection of the Uffizi Gallery. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via pinterest. Click through here to see the entire work: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosso_Fiorentino_-_Angelo_musicante_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg.

"Sacred Love and Profane Love" (Cupid detail). 1514-15.
“Sacred Love and Profane Love” (Cupid detail). 1514-15. Italian. Titan, artist (1488-1576). Collection of the Gallery Borghese, Rome. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.consueloblog.com/astrologia-venus-e-o-banquete-de-platao-a-luz-de-ticiano/ which also has an image of the entire painting.

"Sistine Madonna" (angel detail). 1512.
“Sistine Madonna” (angel detail). 1512. Italian. Raphael, artist (1483-1520). Collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanzio,_Raffaello_-_Putti_(Madonna_Sistina)_-_1512-1513.jpg.