A late 19th century Italian school oil on canvas religious painting, depicting Saint James. It represents the detail of St.James Led to Martyrdom, after the Giovanni Battista Piazzetta ( 1682 - 1754) Italian Rococo painting executed in 1717 in the church of San Stae in Venice. Piazzetta's Martyrdom of St James is part of the cycle of the Apostles which as a collective exhibition fortunately remained intact in the choir of the Baroque church San Stae, giving an outline of Venetian painting of the period.

The work depicts St. James, recognizable by the attributes of the book and the obstinate determination of the apostle, guided and illuminated by his faith. The painting is in good age related condition; we desume the canvas was originally oval, see picture below, then relined in rectangular with new frame. It comes from a Milanese private collection. Set in a modern giltwood frame measuring 88 h. by  77 w. by  6 cm.

Period: 1880  

A pair of 20th century flowers paintings, polychrome shiny colors flowers composition, oil on beech panel paintings dated 1931s and signed lower right R. Rosati, by the Roman artist Roberto Rosati (Roma, 1889 - 1949). The pair of Italian antiqueStill life paintings are realized with very materic oil painting with one minor loss of color as per detailed image, we can restore. In overall good condition, wear consistent with age. Both panels are signed and dated by the Roman painter and ceramist at the bottom right. The work comes from a private villa of Milan and is in good condition, within a pair of wooden frames with ebonized profiles. Measures: Height 82,5 cm, panel 72 cm Width 52,5 cm, panel 43 cm. Depth: 5,5 cm.