Released on: October 9, 2008, 11:38 pm

Press Release Author: Pandolfini Auction House

Industry: Small Business

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Monday, 27TH October, 2008


FURNISHING, FURNITURE AND PAINTINGS OF MARIA ANNA DEI PRINCIPI RUFFO OF CALABRIA


Tuesday, 28TH October, 2008


FURNISHING AND ANTIQUE FURNITURE


Wednesday, 29TH October, 2008


PAINTINGS OF THE XIX - XX CENTURIES


EXHIBITION



Press Release Body: At the end of October, the Pandolfini Auction House
proposes three prestigious auctions, which will be held at the Ramirez
Montalvo of Borgo Albizi Palace in Florence.



It starts on Monday 27th October 2008, with a noble origin session of furnishings,
furniture and paintings, owned by Princess Anna Maria dei Principi Ruffo di
Calabria. It continues on Tuesday 28th October, with a session of
furnishing and antique furniture and to finish on Wednesday 29th
October, with Paintings of the XIX and XX Centuries.



The first auction, which will be held on the 27th October, provides a single
afternoon session dedicated entirely to the items of Princess Maria Anna Ruffo di
Calabria. There are approximately 200 lots under the hammer, a
Tapestry depicting the coat of arms of Ruffo di Calabria Santapau, (estimate
800-1.200 euro), and set of eight chairs of Renaissance style in Walnut wood,
turned by lathe, with leather upholstered seats and the coat of arms of Ruffo di
Calabria and Arrigoni of Oddi, carved in gold on the back rest, (estimate
1.000/1.400 euro). Especially the precious Portrait of the Gentildonna dressed in
a black dress with a dog and landscape of Florence in the background, painted in
oil on canvas, end of XVIII Century and the beginning of the XIX Century,
attributed to those close to Louis Gauffier the artist, who lived for a
certain period in Florence, (estimate 60,000 / 80,000 euro). In the same historical
period, the portrait of Antonio Canova, by Luigia Giuli (Ravenna 1746/49,
Rome 1811) which had belonged to the Count of Oddi Daniele of Padova, (estimate EUR
6.000-8.000). The unique Portrait of Joanna Ximenes, painted in oil on canvas
of the XVI Century, attributed to a follower of Tiberio Titi or Sanchez
Coelho and bearing the inscription on the back Dona Ioanna Ximenes. In the XVIII
Century, the history of this prestigious, rich family of Portuguese origin, married
into the Panciatichi family, one of the most noble and distinguished families in
Tuscany. This happened when a member of the Panciatichi family, Niccol Ciambellano
of the Grand Duke Pietro Leopold and the Emperor Joseph II, married in 1762,
Victoria of Anton Francesco Ximenes D'Aragona. After the death of her brother,
Ferdinand, the Panciatichi family took by decree from the Grand Duke Ferdinand III,
the name, emblem and titles of Ximenes D'Aragona, (estimate 20.000/30.000 Euros).


They also presented four panels, which portrays landscapes with figures; Chinese
art of the XVIII Century,(estimate 20.000/30.000 euro per pair). Amongst the
furniture to be mentioned, is a Veneto Bureau desk with drawers, dating to
the second half of the XVIII Century, painted in wood effect and decorated with
a pastiglia application, a folding door, glass cabinet with six internal drawers,
rounded front, a tray decorated with engraved gilded frames in the fascia, and two
drawers below centred by medallions with female profile placed in an engraved frame,
ringed frontal and lateral handles, curled stylish feet, (estimate 35.000/45.000
euro).


Finally the furnishings: a pair of silver and gilded golden bronze holy
water fonts, Padova, around the 1780, the assayer Marcantonio Bellotto, creator
Anzolo Scarabello. Oval frame with carved architrave and falling ribbons, embossed
shell with floral motifs, ending in a flame style, each with a centre medallion in
gilded bronze finely embossed, chiselled and lathed with the profile of the Virgin
Mary and Jesus with the crown of thorns, (estimated 4,000/6,000 euro). A silver
coffee pot from the eighteenth century, on a stand, with a pear shaped
body and embossed segments, lid with silver finial and wooden curved shaped handle,
(estimate 3.500/4.500 euro).



On Tuesday 28th October there will be approximately 300 lots under the hammer:
furniture, furnishings and art objects. In particular a large Tuscan wooden
glass cabinet of early XVII Century, double layered in walnut and golden veneer,
tall top hat shaped, moulded boarder and multiple anti-drip layers in claw design,
serrated, lower groomed fascia, with two pairs of large overlapping doors framed
with high gouged pillars, decorative moulded base and flanked sides, (estimate
20.000/30.000 euro). A wedding chest from Sienna, half of the XV Century,
wooden, covered in guilt pastiglia, raised rectangular base, front and sides
decorated with the Dance of Salome, wrought iron side handles, moulded base, bracket
feet; the front contains the representation of the Feast of Herod, during which
Salome dances for the king before asking as a gift, the head of St. John the
Baptist. The representation of this scene, which was very common in the XV Century,
can be found in the gilded bronze work by Donatello made for the baptismal font of
the Baptistery of Siena, a work in which the author alluded to for the planning of
the figuration and architecture. The wedding chest is placed in mid-fifteenth
Century, not only by the most strictly figurative aspects, but also by the clothes
worn by those characters (from expertise by Luciano Bellosi of the 3rd June 2005,
estimated 50.000/60.000 euro).


Among the objects we suggest the sculpture group, Centauro and Fanciulla,
by Guido Cacciapuoti, beginning of the XX Century, in silver terracotta in
electroplating, which bears the signature on the back of the author, (estimate 2,200
/ 2,800 euro), and finally a flower pot, manufactured by Nancy Gallo, beginning
of the XX Century, globular body in glass paste, engraved in anemone leaves and
flowers, in shades of blue on a yellow ochre, which carries the signature in paste
by Gall, (estimate 7.500/9.000 euro).



The session on Wednesday 29th October closes all the activities, with paintings
of the XIX and XX Centuries. Around 250 paintings, among these
paintings, we recommend: Vase with Calle by Oscar Ghiglia (Livorno 1876 -
Firenze 1945), painted in oil on plywood with the inscription on the back: "Livorno
28th September 1925. To the old friend Achille De Dedico, these few, but fine
brushstrokes by his friend Oscar Ghiglia Mario Galli, (estimate 20.000/25.000 euro).


Marciana Marina represented by Llewelyn Lloyd (Livorno 1879 - Island
of Elba 1949), painted in oil on plywood, signed, titled and dated on the back,
(estimate 15,000 / 20,000 euro). La Festa della Madonna by Francesco Paolo
Michetti (Touch from Casauria 1851 - Francavilla al Mare 1929), tempera and oil
on canvas, (estimate 40.000/50.000 euro). Finally, the Parisian Beauty by
Renato Natali (Livorno 1883 - 1979), mix technique on cardboard, signed, the
work documented by Ferdinand Donzelli, "Renato Natali 1883-1979", Bologna 1998, vol.
2, p. 15 tav. 9/A, wrongly described in the catalogue as oil on cardboard, (estimate
12.000/15.000 euro).



The exhibition of the lots will be held from Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th October
2008, at the Ramirez-Montalvo Palace, in the Borgo Degli Albizi No. 26, with the
following opening hours: from 10.00 am to 13.00, from 14.00 - 19.00.



Pandolfini Auction House,

Palazzo Ramirez-Montalvo, Borgo of Albizi 26, 50122 - Florence

Phone: 055/2340888, fax 055/2444343,

Web address: www.pandolfini.it

Email: info@pandolfini.it



Press office: Davis & Franceschini

Village of Albizi, 11, 50122 Florence

Phone: 055/2347273, fax 055/2347361,

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About the company: Pandolfini Casa d'Aste has been active on the national and
international art and antiques market for over 70 years. Over this long period, the
auction house has undergone profound changes and has accumulated vast and varied
experience, consistently devoting the utmost attention to the customer. For the
purpose of extending its offer, alongside the traditional antiquarian sectors, such
as antique, nineteenth-century, modern and contemporary paintings, furniture and
accessories, jewellery and silverware, Pandolfini Casa d'Aste has for some years now
been the leader in sectors otherwise unknown within the Italian market, such a
vintage and collectors' wines and classical and Egyptian archaeology. The historic
premises of the Pandolfini Casa d'Aste is in Florence, within the prestigious
Palazzo Ramirez Montalvo, the residence from 1558 of Antonio Montalvo, a descendant
of the ancient noble family of Avila in Castile, who spent his entire career as
tutor at the Medici court during the reign of Cosimo I and his consort Eleonora di
Toledo.


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