Achille Guerra

Traditional Italian portrait of a woman in the country, Naples Italy

Mariano Sigüenza y Ortiz was a Spanish painter and engraver born in Valencia. This copper painter and engraver was a disciple of the Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos, in the early years of the 19th century. It is known that he came from a family dedicated to the art of silk making, so it is not surprising that he began his training at the Academy of San Carlos with the intention of applying his knowledge to this field. However, it seems that he opted for painting and later for intaglio engraving. Of his production as a painter, a copy of the painting La Virgen con el Niño y San Juan Bautista, the work of Mengs, and Los santos penitentes Pablo y Antonio, for which he obtained the 17 January 1836 a Supernumerary Academic position, for painting. Later, he devoted himself exclusively to the exercise of copper engraving. As an engraver, he illustrated the Biographical Dictionary, by Oliva, and the History of Spain, by Father Mariana. The engraving of El Niño Jesús...

Italian Madonna, early 18th Century, probably Genovese. Beautiful color palette. Not signed.

Country girl - Angelo Granati Italia 2005 - Oil on canvas cm. 51 x 38 In this precious painting, the painter drew inspiration from the masterpieces of the Neapolitan...

Signed lower right. Arthur Trevor Haddon (1864–1941) was a master of capturing serene and picturesque moments, and his depiction of a young woman tending to a shoreline garden is no...