Scuola italiana (XV-XVI) - Animalier (Zoomorfia) - NO RESERVE
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Animalier (Zoomorfia) - NO RESERVE, a tempera panel from Italy, dated circa 1450 in the XV century, attributed to Scuola italiana (XV-XVI), depicting mythological creatures, measuring 70 x 30 cm and weighing about 1 kg.
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Ancient fir table from the 15th - 16th century (1450/1500) painted in different/successive periods
- Subject: “Animalier (zoömorphy)”
- Italian school, Lombard sphere
- Possible presence of original wooden nails from the 15th century / or signs of nails
- egg tempera on panel
Ceiling decorative panel with a peacock
Italian manufacture,
Painting technique on wooden board
Measurements: 70 x 30 cm x 4 cm
Description of the work:
Interesting polychrome wooden panel, plausibly belonging to an ancient decorated ceiling, depicting two fantastic winged creatures facing each other in a lively combat scene. The composition features a ochre-colored animal with leonine features and large wings, opposed to a light-colored creature, also winged, with characteristics attributable to griffins and fantastic animals.
The figures stand out against a green-blue background, bounded by a geometrical frame painted to imitate a wooden moulding. The work bears witness to the taste for fantastical and decorative figuration widespread in the ornamentation of noble interiors in 15th-century Italy and the Renaissance.
- These decorative panels (formelle) are a rare example of Renaissance ceilings preserved over time, often completed by clearly legible portions of wall friezes. The panels were interlock-mounted in the ceilings of 15th-century palace rooms and historic residences. These panels, with their recovered decorations, contribute to revealing the deeper part of a rare Italian manufacture.
Formelle of this type are exhibited at the Museo Civico Ala Ponzone in Cremona and at the Museo Civico di Crema.
*** Conservation status note:
The work shows conservation and painting interventions carried out in different periods, testimony to its material history and the various maintenance campaigns over time. Repaintings, color retouches, and pictorial additions are detectable, including some relatively recent ones, made for both conservation purposes and restoring the aesthetic and stylistic unity of the whole. Therefore, these interventions must be considered part of the complex conservation history of the panel, which nevertheless retains legible its iconographic and decorative layout.
*** The panel shows evident signs of aging and widespread material degradation, compatible with prolonged exposure to challenging environmental conditions.
Observed:
- Wooden support: extensive erosion and loss of material, especially along the edges and on the verso.
- Xylophagous attack: numerous speckling holes and galleries visible, attributable to past wood-eating insects.
- Paint surface: widespread abrasions, color lacunae, wear, and surface alterations.
- Preparatory layer: presence of cracks, lifts and localized losses.
- Perimeter edges: significant erosion and irregularity of the wood, with possible structural fragility.
- Patina: general aging of the surface, with deposits and chromatic alterations.
Artistic value: Good level of craftsmanship with apotropaic-symbolic iconography of interest
Historical importance: Testament to Renaissance/late Gothic architectural furniture, worthy of preservation
Painting technique: Polychrome decoration: protein-based tempera/mineral pigments and natural earths on a plaster base or light priming
Surface finish: Possible traces of old varnish or oleo-resinous protective layer (oxidized over time)
Main decorative technique: Painting with raised details emphasized by contrasting color fields
The panel comes from a Lombard/Emilian ceiling. Medieval/Gothic-type painting with conservation restorations. Over the centuries the panel has undergone repaintings and restorations for conservation purposes. Being an antique object, it shows signs of time, imperfections, and losses that are a fundamental and unique characteristic.
*** Photographic note: The images were taken, in part, with studio artificial lighting to enhance and make the details of the work more legible. The live color perception may be slightly different, with a panel potentially darker or characterized by slight tonal variations than those visible in the photographs.
With sale documentation and legitimate provenance
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Seller's Story
Magnolia Arte
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Magnolia Arte was born from a passion for art and from the experience gained in study, selection and enhancement of works destined for collecting.
The auction house and gallery operates in the art market with particular attention to antique, modern and contemporary painting, offering carefully selected works for historical-artistic interest, quality and collectible value.
Each work is presented through a path of in-depth study that, where applicable, considers historical and stylistic context, attribution, condition, provenance and bibliographic and comparative references. For works that require it, studies, expertise and diagnostic deepening can also be prepared.
COLLECTING WITH DISCERNMENT
For Magnolia Arte, purchasing a work means entering into a relationship with a unique object, a witness of an era, of a culture and of the artist’s sensibility.
For this reason we accompany the collector not only in the choice, but also in the understanding and valorizations of the work, offering a direct, confidential and professional relationship.
Translated by Google TranslateAncient fir table from the 15th - 16th century (1450/1500) painted in different/successive periods
- Subject: “Animalier (zoömorphy)”
- Italian school, Lombard sphere
- Possible presence of original wooden nails from the 15th century / or signs of nails
- egg tempera on panel
Ceiling decorative panel with a peacock
Italian manufacture,
Painting technique on wooden board
Measurements: 70 x 30 cm x 4 cm
Description of the work:
Interesting polychrome wooden panel, plausibly belonging to an ancient decorated ceiling, depicting two fantastic winged creatures facing each other in a lively combat scene. The composition features a ochre-colored animal with leonine features and large wings, opposed to a light-colored creature, also winged, with characteristics attributable to griffins and fantastic animals.
The figures stand out against a green-blue background, bounded by a geometrical frame painted to imitate a wooden moulding. The work bears witness to the taste for fantastical and decorative figuration widespread in the ornamentation of noble interiors in 15th-century Italy and the Renaissance.
- These decorative panels (formelle) are a rare example of Renaissance ceilings preserved over time, often completed by clearly legible portions of wall friezes. The panels were interlock-mounted in the ceilings of 15th-century palace rooms and historic residences. These panels, with their recovered decorations, contribute to revealing the deeper part of a rare Italian manufacture.
Formelle of this type are exhibited at the Museo Civico Ala Ponzone in Cremona and at the Museo Civico di Crema.
*** Conservation status note:
The work shows conservation and painting interventions carried out in different periods, testimony to its material history and the various maintenance campaigns over time. Repaintings, color retouches, and pictorial additions are detectable, including some relatively recent ones, made for both conservation purposes and restoring the aesthetic and stylistic unity of the whole. Therefore, these interventions must be considered part of the complex conservation history of the panel, which nevertheless retains legible its iconographic and decorative layout.
*** The panel shows evident signs of aging and widespread material degradation, compatible with prolonged exposure to challenging environmental conditions.
Observed:
- Wooden support: extensive erosion and loss of material, especially along the edges and on the verso.
- Xylophagous attack: numerous speckling holes and galleries visible, attributable to past wood-eating insects.
- Paint surface: widespread abrasions, color lacunae, wear, and surface alterations.
- Preparatory layer: presence of cracks, lifts and localized losses.
- Perimeter edges: significant erosion and irregularity of the wood, with possible structural fragility.
- Patina: general aging of the surface, with deposits and chromatic alterations.
Artistic value: Good level of craftsmanship with apotropaic-symbolic iconography of interest
Historical importance: Testament to Renaissance/late Gothic architectural furniture, worthy of preservation
Painting technique: Polychrome decoration: protein-based tempera/mineral pigments and natural earths on a plaster base or light priming
Surface finish: Possible traces of old varnish or oleo-resinous protective layer (oxidized over time)
Main decorative technique: Painting with raised details emphasized by contrasting color fields
The panel comes from a Lombard/Emilian ceiling. Medieval/Gothic-type painting with conservation restorations. Over the centuries the panel has undergone repaintings and restorations for conservation purposes. Being an antique object, it shows signs of time, imperfections, and losses that are a fundamental and unique characteristic.
*** Photographic note: The images were taken, in part, with studio artificial lighting to enhance and make the details of the work more legible. The live color perception may be slightly different, with a panel potentially darker or characterized by slight tonal variations than those visible in the photographs.
With sale documentation and legitimate provenance
insured shipping - secure packaging
Seller's Story
Magnolia Arte
Auctions · Works of Art · Expertise
Magnolia Arte was born from a passion for art and from the experience gained in study, selection and enhancement of works destined for collecting.
The auction house and gallery operates in the art market with particular attention to antique, modern and contemporary painting, offering carefully selected works for historical-artistic interest, quality and collectible value.
Each work is presented through a path of in-depth study that, where applicable, considers historical and stylistic context, attribution, condition, provenance and bibliographic and comparative references. For works that require it, studies, expertise and diagnostic deepening can also be prepared.
COLLECTING WITH DISCERNMENT
For Magnolia Arte, purchasing a work means entering into a relationship with a unique object, a witness of an era, of a culture and of the artist’s sensibility.
For this reason we accompany the collector not only in the choice, but also in the understanding and valorizations of the work, offering a direct, confidential and professional relationship.
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Scuola italiana (XV-XVI)
Title of artwork
Animalier (Zoomorfia) - NO RESERVE
Technique
Tempera
Signature
Not signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
1450
Condition
Good condition
Height
30 cm
Width
70 cm
Weight
1 kg
Depiction/theme
Mythology
Period
15th century
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