Eliano Fantuzzi Portrait Paintings

Provenance: Charles H. and Virginia Baldwin, Claremont, Colorado Springs, Colorado ca. 1907-1934; thence by descent until sold in 1949 to: Charles Blevins Davis, Claremont (renamed Trianon), Colorado Springs 1949 -until gifted in 1952 to: The Poor Sisters of Saint Francis, Trianon, Colorado Springs, 1952 until acquired, 1960, by: John W. Metzger, Trianon, renamed as the Trianon School of Fine Arts, Colorado Springs, 1960-1967; when transferred to: The Metzger Family Foundation, Trianon Art Museum, Denver, 1967 - 2004; thence by descent in the Metzger Family until 2015 Exhibited: Trianon Art Museum, Denver (until 2004) The present work is a spectacular jewel-like canvas by Amigoni, rich in delicate pastel colors, most likely a modello for an altarpiece either lost or never painted. In it the Madonna stands firmly upon a cloud in the heavens, her Child resting on a delicate veil further supported by a cloud, as he gently wraps his arm around his mother’s neck. From above angels prepare to lower flowers and a wreath, while other angels and seraphim surrounding the two joyfully cavort. Dr. Annalisa Scarpa, author of the forthcoming monograph on Jacopo Amigoni...

Pietro Bardellino (Naples, Italy, 1731 – 1806) Title: Mary Magdalene Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 75 x 60 cm – with frame 97 x 82 cm Antique shaped and carved wood...

Henri DELUERMOZ (Paris 1876 – Paris 1943) At the blacksmith's Oil on metal. Two welded plates H. 145 cm; W. 100.5 cm Signed lower left Trained under Alcide-Joseph Lorentz and Charle...

Auguste-Joseph Delécluse (Roubaix 1855 - Paris 1928) Portrait of the artist's son, Eugène Delécluse Oil on canvas H. 98 cm; W. 116 cm Signed lower right 1903 Exhibition: 1903, Salon...

Johann Boeckhorst (Münster 1604 - Antwerp 1668) Saint Ursula Oil on canvas, 112 x 86 cm Provenance: New York, Christe's, 20.3.1981, lot 88 (as Van Diepenbeeck's circle) The presen...

Giuseppe Assereto (Genova - 1626 ca – Genova 1656/57) Title: Portrait of an elderly woman, possible portrait of Maddalena Massone, wife of Gioacchino Assereto Medium: Oil on canvas D...

Jean CLUSEAU-LANAUVE (Périgueux 1914 - Paris 1997) The Pianist Oil on canvas H. 46 cm; W. 38 cm Signed lower right. Countersigned, titled, and dated on the back - 1962 Provenance: E...

Georges HYON (Paris 1840 – Saint Germain en Laye 1913) Cavalry review of the 2nd Lancers regiment Oil on canvas H. 115 cm; W. 146.5 cm Signed lower left A student of Portalis, Georg...

Circle of Jacob Ferdinand Voet Portrait of a Little Girl Oil on canvas H. 44 cm; W. 38 cm Unsigned This delicate portrait of a child, from the circle of Jacob Ferdinand Voet, demons...

Artist: Antonio Mercurio Amorosi (Comunanza, Italy, 1660 - 1738) Title: Portrait of a little girl with cat Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 42 x 31.5 cm – with frame 5...

Circle of Adam de Coster (Mechelen 1586 – Antwerp 1643) Portrait of a Young Man with a Turban, Dressed in Oriental Style Oil on canvas H. 43 cm ; W. 33 cm Unsigned This portrait of ...

Suite of four large family portraits, kept together to this day. Created around 1840 by the painter Théophile Morel, who presented portraits at the Salon des Artistes Français from t...