A very elegant Tinder Pistol
At first sight, this refined and curious object might look like a pistol but it is in fact a remarkable example of a mechanical tinder lighter designed for domestic use: more precisely, a tinder-pistol.
TEFAF Online is coming soon!
Alessandro Cesati Gallery will participate to the first digital edition of Tefaf New York, an exclusively online fair experience featuring one single masterwork per gallery.
This brand new digital edition of the fair…
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The art world is facing a historical phase of great changes.The art market is especially undergoing and will undergo for a while a remarkable transformation, due to the greater travelling difficulties and to the postponement of many important art fairs. These events were until now the most pleasant and important occasions….
Painting and goldworking in conversation. A Rare Fourteenth Century Sienese Casket
With the catalogue “Painting and goldworking in conversation. A Rare Fourteenth Century Sienese Casket”, the Alessandro Cesati gallery continued in 2019 a series of publications intended to…
The Coat of Arms of a Spanish Cardinal
This rare coat of arms of a Cardinal, carved in low relief, painted and gilded, is the heraldic shield of Don Luis Manuel Fernandez de Portocarrero Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio (1635 -1709), a prominent figure in the history of Spain and then also in that of Sicily. Shields like this were located in representative places and […]
An Unrivalled Doorknocker
This remarkable doorknocker, with its warm and attractive brown patina, is made up of a body in the shape of a hammer and a back plate.
The rectangular back plate, cut-out and knurled on the profile…
A Naked Jesus Child
With his naked body and straight posture, the right arm raised in the act of blessing, the outstretched left arm perhaps intended to hold a small globe, the big round face with large eyes and…
A Delicate Saint John the Baptist in Boxwood
This elegant boxwood sculpture depicts St. John the Baptist as a child, standing on a rock populated by tiny animals; he wears his typical camel’s-hair robe, tightened around the waist by a rope…
An Elegant Italian devotional figure
These best quality sacred sculptures – since they have been designed to be dressed – are very often carved and finished merely in the upper part…
A blooming Garden in Wool and Silk
The charm of this millefleurs tapestry, woven in wool and silk, is enhanced by a medallion placed just in the middle of a dense field of small bouquets, laying over…
