The 30th edition of the Florence International Antiques Fair is about to open its doors and once again it will be hosted in the Baroque rooms of Palazzo Corsini. Alessandro Cesati Gallery will participate in the fair again this year with a careful selection of art objects and sculptures from the Middle Ages to the …
In the Florentine artistic panorama between the late 16th and the early 17th century we can take for granted the existence of a movement which – partially opposing the Giambologna tradition – was oriented towards neo-Renaissance forms of purism, for many aspects similar to those developed in the painting field through the teaching of Santi …
TEFAF Maastricht will celebrate this year its 30th anniversary with a big party honouring its long history and commitment to beauty, art, expertise and professionalism. The Alessandro Cesati Gallery will attend again the fair for the 19th consecutive time in the new layout of the fair which sees its stand in a very important location. …
This two wonderful wrought iron Doorknockers are an outstanding example of the German ironwork craftsmanship from the late 16th century. The body – a round ring, with a diamond shape section – is richly decorated with very fine low-relief engravings depicting animals and vegetal motifs (dogs and hares, flowers and acorns). Two coat-of-arms appear on …
This outstanding marble capital, show the addorsed and firmly sat figures of two winged lions with human face – clearly recognizable as sphinxes – clawing the head of a snarling beast, perhaps a lion or a molossian. The nearly trapezoidal silhouette of the whole capital, which belongs to the group of the so-called ‘crutch-shaped’ capitals of Byzantine …
This month, for the third year in a row, Brussels will once again become the crossroad of art and antiques, hosting one of the most sparkling and interesting initiatives: the Brussels Art Square (B.A.S.), event that aims to enhance the Sablon district by inviting a different European country to its galleries each year. The Alessandro …
This beautiful sculpture depicts an elegant female head whose face – crowned by a head of hair sculpted with great refinement with the chisel tip – is framed by a veil closed with a knot below the chin. The hairstyle distinguishing this head (whose prototype can be tracked in the hairstyles of the Roman matrons …
This fine and elegant oval relief in walnut wood depicts a mythological theme well-known through an iconographic subject beloved by the Renaissance artists: the Triumph of Galatea. The most famous work depicting the Triumph of Galatea is the fresco painted by Raphael around 1511, for Agostino Chigi at Villa Farnesina in Rome. In Classic mythology …
Finely decorated with multi-coloured flowers, insects and leaves, this rare and unique pair of baluster-shaped wooden vases – with ovoid body and scalloped-edge – belongs to a category of objects and furniture traditionally catalogued by means of the term arte povera. Arte povera, basically an equivalent variation of lacca povera (poor man’s lacquer), refers to a well-known decorative …
Richly adorned all over the outer surface, this elegant ewer is a remarkable example of the brass engraving technique, documented in Venice since the 15th century. The shape of the ewer – widespread in the Western world along the 16th century and well known through silver, brass, maiolica and glass examples – is tipically characterised …