The auction dedicated to the great masters of ancient art features an exclusive selection of masterpieces reflecting the best of European painting between the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Among the featured works is The Virtue Flogging Vice by Jacopo Robusti, known as Tintoretto, painted between 1580 and 1588. This monumental canvas (233x193 cm), estimated between €40,000.00 and €50,000.00, is an outstanding example of Venetian teleri, large wall paintings conceived for prestigious public commissions. The work, published by von der Bercker in 1935 and widely discussed in art criticism, testifies to the importance of Tintoretto's workshop in producing decorative cycles of great visual and symbolic impact.
Another valuable piece is the Portrait of a Venetian Senator by Gentile Bellini, one of the greatest portrait painters of 15th-century Venice. This work on panel (60x78 cm), estimated between € 25,000.00 and € 30,000.00, offers a rare example of an official portrait that combines the formal rigor typical of state portraiture with an extraordinary capacity for physiognomic rendering. Gentile, an official artist of the Venetian Republic, was also known for his works for diplomatic commissions, such as the famous portrait of Sultan Muhammad II.
Other works include Anton Maria Vassallo's Apollo pastore, an allegorical composition of great elegance (97x120 cm, estimate: € 40,000.00 - € 60,000.00), and Giuseppe Vermiglio's Saint Jerome and the Judgement Angel (97x132 cm, estimate: € 25,000.00 - € 30,000.00). Closing this extraordinary selection is the Madonna and Child by Guglielmo Caccia, known as Moncalvo, a fine oil on copper signed by the author (24.5x29.5 cm, estimate: €20,000.00 - €30,000.00).
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