From 16th to 19th century Old Masters

Francesco Pietro Graziani (Capua? - ?)
Battle scene
Oil on canvas
23,6x38,7 in
From the inventory of paintings in the Barberini collection of 1686 and from the little information we can gather from De Dominici and Titi, we owe little details on this Neapolitan

Carlo Dolci (Florence, 1616 - Florence, 1686)
Ecce Homo
Oil on canvas
ext. 28,7x26,3 in., int. 24,4x19 in
The leading biographer of 17th-century Florence, Filippo Baldinucci, was a pupil of the painter Carlo Dolci; we owe much of what we know today about thi

Lombard School, early 18th century
Portrait of a Duke
Oil on canvas
ext. 40,5x33 in., int. 36,2x28,7 in
Although painted by an anonymous painter, this Portrait of a Duke is rendered with great elegance and meticulousness of detail; however, the pleasantness of the su

Neapolitan School, 17th century
Madonna and Child with Three Kings
Oil on canvas
ext. 52,3x66,1 in., int. 38,9x53,5 in
With a beautiful black and gold frame, this oil on canvas is to be attributed, in its tones and warm chromaticism, to the Neapolitan seventeenth century. The compos

Lombard School, 17 th century
Portrait of a gentleman
Oil on canvas
ext. 36,4x24,2 in., int. 29,9x25 in
This pleasant Portrait of a Gentleman is painted with a rather dark and dramatic rendering of colours: the tones are dark, the brushstroke pleasant but with little atte

Bartolomeo Biscaino (Genoa, 1632 - Genoa, 1657)
Saint Joseph with Child
Oil on canvas
ext. 22,4x17,3 in., int. 20,2x14,9 in
The production of the painter Bartolomeo Biscaino is very much influenced by his personal vicissitudes. Trained in his hometown - Genoa - Bartolomeo

Tuscan painter, 17th century
Madonna and Child, St. John the Baptist, St. Francis and Angels
Oil on canvas
ext. 50,5x59,8 in., int. 42,1x51,1 in
The Florentine drawing is always present and clearly visible in the construction of the figures. Still, the study of colour is influenced both by the innovations produ