19th and 20th Century Paintings

The Department dealing with 19th century paintings and 19th century sculptures is, without any doubt, an expression of excellence for Cambi Auction House.

Auctions of nineteenth and twentieth century paintings are held annually, usually in spring, and are unique opportunities to acquire rare works from private collections. The sector of 19th century paintings enjoys an ever-increasing interest on the part of collectors and enthusiasts, works that manage to combine aesthetic pleasure with the security of investment and that are able to intercept the taste and attention of the greatest international collectors. Nineteenth-century paintings are the object of research by a clientele attentive to the quality of the works and to their provenance, a clientele oriented to the desire for novelty expressed best by the interest for unpublished works produced in this period.

The paintings included in the Department's auction catalogs are chronologically placed from the beginning of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century and represent productions by Italian and international artists, among which the Macchiaioli, some exponents of historical Romanticism, but also authors of the Divisionist current stand out as protagonists. Among the protagonists of the sector we find Francisco Hayez, Telemaco Signorini, Plinio Nomellini, Giovanni Fattori, the Genoese artists Andrea Figari, Cesare Bentivoglio, Oscar Saccorotti, Carlo Pollonera and many others.

Among the adjudications of the most relevant international artists in the auctions of 19th and 20th century paintings, we can mention George Washington Lambert, whose canvas sold for €52,000, the work of Franz Von Stuck sold for €112,000 and that of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Svedomskij, a painting sold for €72,000.

The Department also regularly proposes monographic catalogs such as the sale of all the works coming from the "Pettirosso", the house-studio of the painter Oscar Saccorotti, the Carlo Quaglia collection, and in 2010, first among the other auctions of the genre for the success at international level, the Atelier of the Svedomskij Brothers, which set important adjudication records for the two Russian painters.
The last monographic sale of the Department in chronological order is Da Viazzi a Balla, Artisti Italiani da una Collezione Genovese, an exclusive collection of important Italian artists of the 19th century - including Cominetti, Balla, Nomellini, Viazzi - coming from the collection of a passionate collector of the Ligurian capital.

The experts of the Department of 19th-20th Century Paintings and Sculptures offer a free valuation service for works of art from this period. Ask our experts for a free, no obligation estimate. Selling with Cambi is easy, safe and incredibly profitable.
Department Auctions
Top Lots

The Best Awards

Angelo Morbelli

Tetti sotto la neve, 1912
firmato e datato in basso a sinistra
€ 382.100,00
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Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo

La Clementina
€ 243.850,00
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Francesco Paolo Michetti

L'ottava, 1878
firmato e datato in alto a destra
€ 212.600,00
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Angelo Morbelli

Partita interessante
Olio su tela, cm 55x88 Firmato e datato 1904 al centro in basso
€ 206.350,00
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Étienne Dinet

La raccolta
Firmato in basso a sinistra
€ 187.600,00
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Yuliy Yulevich Klever

Cappuccetto rosso, 1895
firmato e datato 95 in basso a sinistra
€ 81.350,00
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Francesco Hayez

Maria Stuarda condotta al supplizio
€ 80.100,00
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Plinio Nomellini (1866-1943) Figure sulla spiaggia

olio su tela, cm 125x165firmato in basso a destra
€ 78.850,00
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) Statua della Libertà

Firma Bartholdi incisa alla base; iscrizione "Modele du Comite N. 36"; [..]
€ 70.500,00
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Alberto Pasini

Alla fontana
firmato e datato 1870 in basso a destra
€ 68.850,00
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Alfredo Guttero (1882-1932) Fanciulla seduta sul terrazzo

olio su tela, cm 60x70
€ 62.600,00
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Salvatore Fergola (1799-1874) Acquedotto di Caserta, 1943

olio su tela, cm 105x154, firmato e datato in basso
€ 60.100,00
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Francesco Messina

Pietà, 1925
bronzo a cera persa, cm 168x96x110 firmato e datato: F. Messina 1925
€ 60.000,00
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Oscar Ghiglia

Vaso di fiori
firmato in basso a destra
€ 60.100,00
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Novak

coppia di paesaggio mediterranei, olio su tela, cm 50x60
€ 57.600,00
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Raffaele Faccioli

Piazza
Firmato in basso
€ 56.350,00
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Italo Griselli

Italo Griselli (1880 - 1958) Il camminante, 1930
bronzo, altezza cm 165, firmato e datato 1930
€ 52.600,00
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Gaitano Bellei (1857-1922) Le ciliegie

olio su tela, cm 135x110, firmato G. Bellei, Modena in alto a destra
€ 50.100,00
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Arbre à Cagnes, au loin la mer, 1896

olio su tela applicato su tavoletta, cm 14,5x14,5 monogrammato con ini [..]
€ 47.600,00
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Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo

Ricovero N.2 del Penice o La cantoniera al passo del Penice
in basso a sinistra autentica della figlia Maria Pellizza: "Opera di m [..]
€ 47.600,00
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Cesare Maggi (1881-1961) Paesaggio innevato, 1913

olio su tela, cm 100x150, firmato e datato 1913 in basso a destra
€ 46.350,00
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Pietro Lucchini

La Dama di Costantinopoli
Firmato a sinistra al centro
€ 46.350,00
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Giovanni Fattori (1825 - 1908) Tre cavalieri

olio su tela, cm 27x52, firmato in basso a destra. Al retro vecchie e [..]
€ 43.850,00
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Ettore Tito (1859-1941) Donna con brocca

olio su tavola, cm 152x100, firmato in basso a destra
€ 42.600,00
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Alessio Issupoff (1889-1957) Colazione in giardino

olio su tela, cm 110x150firmato in basso a destra
€ 40.100,00
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Silvestro Lega (1826-1895) La famiglia Duprè in giardino, circa 1880

olio su tavoletta, cm 38x29,2. Al retro timbri di collezione Mario Bor [..]
€ 40.100,00
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Théodore Frère (1814 - 1888) Beduini al fiume

olio su tela, cm 217x103
€ 37.600,00
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Benjamin Constant (1767 - 1830) Odalisca

olio su tela, cm 102x133
€ 37.600,00
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Giovanni Battista Quadrone (1844-1898) La pipa rotta

olio su tavola, cm 32x42firmato e datato in basso a destra 1894
€ 37.600,00
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Contacts
Tiziano Panconi

Tiziano Panconi

Scientific Director od 19th Century Paintings Department

Pietro Zonza

Assistant