AUCTION
Tuesday, April 2 2019 - Sala Bolaffi, Via Cavour 17, Turin
11am
VIEWING
from Thursday 28 March to Tuesday 2 April (Sunday included) from 10am until 6pm
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Turin
PORCELAIN CASE PENDULUM
France, 1830 circa
Polychrome porcelain case topped by a reclined female figure, on rectangular porcelain base with putti and dolphins.
18.5 x 15.7 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.800
EMBROIDERED PANEL
19th-20th Century
Embroidered toile depicting a mythological scene within an octagonal reserve.
19.1 x 17.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Beautiful bird's eye view etching from one of the editions of "Theatrum Sabaudiae", some browning and spotting, in a modern frame.
20.47 x 24.41 in.
Starting price: € 250
OVAL BEDSIDE COMMODE
19th Century
Marqueterie inlaid, with red marble top and openwork gallery, with two drawers.
Minor damages to the veneer.
29.9 x 24.4 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 400
Copper plate taken from the "Theatrum Sabaudiae", in a modern frame.
18.50 x 25.39 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 350
Etching from the "Theatrum Sabaudiae", slightly short of margins, light browning and spotting along the lower border.
20.08 x 23.43 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
A fine copy of the view of Avigliana taken from the "Theatrum Sabaudiae", in a modern frame.
18.50 x 24.61 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Beautiful view of the city of Susa taken from the "Theatrum Sabaudiae", slightly short of margins, in a modern frame.
19.09 x 23.62 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Etching from the "Theatrum Sabaudiae", slightly short margins, in a modern frame.
20.08 x 23.23 in.
Starting price: € 250
Panoramic view of Turin from Piazza Castello designed by Bossoli and engraved by Citterio with a later watercoloring, in elegant black frame, trimmed and with repaired tears.
9.06 x 35.04 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 1.200
Etching engraved by Vittorio Boasso from an original by Filippo Nicolis de Robilant, in a beautiful nineteenth-century frame.
16.93 x 14.76 in.
Bibliografia/Literature
Peyrot, “Torino nei Secoli”, vol. I, numero 199.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Etching engraved by Arghinenti from the original designed by Nicolosino, from the work by Paroletti entitled I secoli della Real Casa di Savoia, in a modern frame.
17.91 x 14.17 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 275
Beautiful etching depicting the Monte dei Cappuccini designed by Tomaso Borgonio, taken from the "Theatrum Sabaudiae", later coloring, in an early twentieth century frame, restoration at the lower margin.
19.88 x 23.43 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 750
Copper plate engraving from Atlas Maior with contemporary watercolor coloring and in a modern frame.
16.73 x 20.67 in.
Starting price: € 350
Etching with contemporary watercolor coloring, from "Atlas novus terrarum" by Homann, in a modern frame.
19.68 x 22.44 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Etching drawn from the original designed by Giacomo Gastaldi, with a vivid contemporary coloring, from the "Theatrum orbis terrarum", in a modern frame.
14.37 x 19.49 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 650
Etching printed in Amsterdam by Gerhard Valk and Pieter Schenk, with contemporary coloring and in modern frame.
15.94 x 20.63 in.
Starting price: € 300
Etching from "Lo Stato presente di tutti i popoli" by Thomas Salmon, printed in Venice by Albrizzi with a later coloring, in a modern frame.
12.20 x 16.14 in.
Starting price: € 150
Engraving on 24 joined sheets, the largest map ever published on Piedmont until the early nineteenth century, a partial re-edition (only 7 of 24 copper-plates were reused for this version) of the rare wall map by Tomaso Borgonio printed in 1683. Some defects, on a
read allStarting price: € 3.500
Copper engraving from an original by Hyacinth de La Peigne commissioned by Carlo Emanuele III, in an elegant black frame with a golden step second half of the nineteenth century.
22.64 x 28.94 in.
Bibliografia/Literature
Baudi di Vesme, “L'arte in Piemonte dal XVI al
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 1.500
View of Piazza delle Erbe, now Palazzo di Città, designed by Naudet and engraved by Le Beau, washed, short margins, in a modern Empire style frame.
13.19 x 19.29 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 350
MISCELLANOUS GROUP OF CREAMWARE DISHES
Mainly France, second half of 19th Century
Rare collection of dishes from Creil, Montereau, Gien, Bordeax, Dortu and others, depicting neoclassical and Risorgimental subjects, the Italian campaign of 1860, the army of Italy and
Starting price: € 1.500
View engraved by Cardano taken from the album printed in Paris and entitled "Vues des Champs de Bataille de Napoléon en Italie", in a modern frame.
19.68 x 31.30 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 450
SIDE SADDLE COVER
19th-20th Century
In leather and cloth, the front embroidered in silver thread with the inscription Waterloo surmounted by a closed crown and RS monogram.
13.8 x 11.8 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.000
Sculpted bronze, on a black stone base. Signed on the base.
Height 13.78 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.200
Watercolor on paper, signed, dated and titled lower recto. A label on the reverse of 'Adolphe Legoupy', Paris.
13.78 x 9.84 in.
Starting price: € 900
Oil on canvas. In beautiful carved wooden frame.
19.68 x 14.96 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 550
Oil on canvas. Artwork accompanied by certificate from Prof. Pier Marco de Santi that attributed it to Lorenzo Sabatini, dated March 12, 2000. The actual attribution has been confirmed by Dr. Marco Riccomini.
30.31 x 23.62 in.
Provenienza/Provenance
Collezione Conti
Starting price: € 4.000 | Sold for : € 11.000
Oil on canvas, on the reverse label 'Galleria Salga', Rome. In beautiful carved gilt-wood frame, minor lacks of color.
37.60 x 51.57 in.
Provenienza/Provenance
Galleria Salga, Roma.
Collezione privata, Roma.
Starting price: € 3.500
SCUOLA ITALIANA DEL XIX SECOLO
Ritratto di gentiluomo
Oil on board. Lot accompanied by export license.
11.02 x 8.66 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Series of 22 etchings with views of ancient Rome, monogrammed in plate at the bottom left, trimmed at the edge, good condition, framed.
8.07 x 14.37 in.
Starting price: € 800
Oil on canvas, label and stamp of 'Galleria Salga', Rome, on the reverse. In beautiful carved gilt-wood frame.
28.35 x 21.65 in.
Provenienza/Provenance
Galleria Salga, Roma.
Collezione privata, Roma.
Starting price: € 4.000 | Sold for : € 4.000
PAIR OF EPHEMERAL APPARATA
Rome, probably 17th Century
Gilt tole, in palm branch shape with a movable leaf-drop arm, on a modern metallic holder.
Damages to the gilding, dents and losses.
70.9 x 53.9 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 1.900
MANIERA DI MARCO RICCI
Paesaggio con rudere
Oil on canvas.
36.61 x 51.57 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
PAIR OF WALNUT ARMCHAIRS
Mid 18th Century
Walnut, on moved legs joined by crosspiece, with scrolled armrests and shaped back, covered in ivory fabric.
46.1 x 26.4 x 21.3 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
WALNUT SOFA
Early 18th Century
With shaped backrest and scrolled armrests, on eight baluster legs joined by crosspieces.
44.1 x 82.7 x 25.6 in.
Starting price: € 800
BUREAU À ABATTANT
Probably Lombardy, 18th Century and later
Briar, with ebonized wood edges and borders, with three drawers, four small drawers of a later period and a central compartment inside the fallfront.
Damages, restorations and alterations.
40.9 x 52 x 24.4 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.200
SCUOLA NORDICA DEL XVII SECOLO
Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne
Oil on canvas. Restored. Artwork declared of National cultural importance by Italian Authority, october 2016.
46.46 x 56.30 in.
Starting price: € 20.000 | Sold for : € 44.000
PAIR OF APPLIQUES
Genoa, mid 18th Century
Carved and silvered wood, with C and S scrolls on a shaped base.
33.1 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 700
TABLE APPLIQUE
Rome, late 18th Century
Three lights gilt-wood applique, with scrolls and turns and central urn knot.
40.9 x 15 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 300
PAIR OF LARGE APPLIQUES
Sicily, 17th Century
Gilt-wood and painted wood in faux green marble, with five lights on scrolled lateral arms and a central one and leaf baluster stem.
48.2 x 25.2 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 800