Cesati Works of Art | Antique Dealers in Milan

The gallery, founded by Fiorenzo and Alessandro Cesati, specialises in sculpture and works of art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth century. Drawing on a strong family tradition in art, marked by excellence in the fields of art and music, Alessandro Cesati gallery has been nationally and internationally renowned, for almost forty years now, for the careful search and selection of artworks. >

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An Imposing Ottoman Padlock

Known and widespread since Ancient times, padlocks are portable locks used for locking boxes, chests, furniture and other domestic containers as well as for closing doors and gates of houses, cities and sacred places. Over the centuries, especially in the vast geographical area from Turkey to India, many padlocks of different shapes, sizes and types …

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A refined snuff box dated 1650

The tobacco plant was introduced to Europe, and more precisely to Spain, by Christopher Columbus who, having seen the Native Americans pulverise and inhale its dried leaves, brought it to the Old Continent on his return from the second voyage to the New World in 1496. Tobacco thus spread through Europe in the 16th century, …

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A rare Hispanic doorknocker

Along with locks and keys, doorknockers are the most intricately executed iron objects in which the highest aesthetic levels are reached, so that they can be considered true works of art. They usually originate from the inspiration of anonymous iron craftsmen who mould a hard and elusive material into small sculptures. From the Middle Ages …

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A small bronze bust by Attilio Torresini

Attilio Torresini (1884 – 1961), Venetian artist by birth and artistic training, learned sculptural techniques from his father, a skilled marble worker. After graduating from his city’s Academy of Fine Arts, he settled in Rome in 1914, managing to rent a studio in Villa Strohl-Fern – a famous residence of several artists and men of …

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A Lombard Pietà

This touching relief, depicting Christ flanked by Mourning Virgin and San John and carved from a single block of wood, is a significant example of Lombard sculpture at the turn of the 15th century. The lifeless body of Christ is tenderly supported on the left by the Virgin and on the right by Saint John, …

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TEFAF 2023

Once again this year, Alessandro Cesati Gallery will be present for the 25th time at TEFAF Maastricht, the international showcase par excellence and unmissable destination for collectors, considered the world’s leading fair for art, antiques and design. The gallery as usual will exhibit a careful selection of works, including also the spectacular painting Grotesque Scene with a …

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The Alessandro Cesati gallery has been taking part in the most prominent and select Italian and international exhibitions for many years now.