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The Academy of Plato, tapestry

1600s-1700s

Oil painting on canvas. French school of the seventeenth century. The scene, set at night in the garden of a villa, of which you can glimpse the ornate facade on the right and in which the fountain gushing with cherubs stands out, under a dark sky and further obscured by heavy clouds, proposes two figures who entertain each other in conversation : an elderly modestly dressed is sternly admonishing a seated young man, richly dressed, who seems instead to make the gesture of mea culpa with his hand. The physiognomy and the gestures of the two characters, together with the style of the clothes, would refer to the philosopher Aristotle who was called to the court of Macedon to be the tutor...

Drawing on paper done in India ink, white lead and gouache; depicting the frescoed vault of the Gallery of the Eagles in the Domus Aurea. The perimeter band is occupied by reserves i...

Framed wooden icon with a depiction of a winged devil in chains in the center. This could be Lucifer, the rebel angel who fell from Heaven and became the prince of all demons and was...

Oil on copper. Flemish school of the seventeenth century. The painting, attributed by oral tradition to Frans Francken the younger (1581 -1642), depicts a miraculous healing perform...

"The Picadors" The compositional format with all spears encircling and turned toward the prey has a long history in hunting tapestries, with perhap...

Belgian made, Jacquard woven with relief stitch. Fully lined with rod pocket for hanging. Cotton and rayon. Measurements are approximate.

Italian, hand painted, oil on canvas landscape with hand painted border. See other painting in separate listing that creates a pair.

An antique 18th century French Verdure tapestry panel depicting a city on a hill, trees, and animals. Measurements: Height: 88" Width: 145" Depth:...