Rare articulated Virgin and Child in carved fruit wood with remains of gilding and polychromy, addition of metal and canvas elements, hollow back.
Northern Italy, Liguria,
16th century
Life-size painter’s mannequin. Articulated frame in wood and metal, padding in vegetable fiber, covered in leather.
Polychrome carved wooden head.
Oil on canvas “Allegory of Vanity”. It is probably the vanity of wealth and power whose attributes are visible (money, jewels, weapons (warrior in armor represented on the pitcher), crowns, sceptres…)
Sinuous console on three sides, the top is red lacquered, the belt is in an eventful shape with heightening and cut out with gold festoons, 4 arched feet
Two panels illustrate the fable on “The Rooster and the Fox” the fifteenth of the book.
The other part illustrates “The Wolf and the Lamb” the tenth fable of Book I by Jean de La Fontaine.
“Shell” lounge composed of a sofa and two armchairs newly upholstered in olive-coloured golden brown velvet.
Articulated painter’s mannequin in carved wood.
Marotte in polychrome painted papier-mâché and glued printed paper, presenting a female figure with black hair and a scalloped bodice.
Painting under glass is a difficult artistic technique that is executed directly on a sheet of glass. The glass supports the paint like a canvas. Thus the glass serves both as a support and as a protective varnish. It is a “cold” painting technique so the process does not require baking. The pigment is bound to the glass by an oily vehicle most often based on varnish.
Painting under glass is a difficult artistic technique that is executed directly on a sheet of glass. The glass supports the paint like a canvas. Thus the glass serves both as a support and as a protective varnish. It is a “cold” painting technique so the process does not require baking.