Italian Renaissance Tempera on Parchment Painting Holy Family by Giuseppe Cesari Circa 1595 Sculpture Francesco Vinea (1845-1902)

Francesco Vinea (1845-1902)

Antique Racing Pigeon Clock by Toulet

the carved legs terminating on scrolled feet

the front of the clock having gilded and inlaid mother of pearl decoration

The bell having a kokoshnik marks for Moscow and the silversmith's mark in Cyrillic

Italian Renaissance Tempera on Parchment Painting Holy Family by Giuseppe Cesari Circa 1595 Sculpture Francesco Vinea (1845-1902)A rare & important Italian Renaissance tempera on parchment painting, Giuseppe Cesari Il Cavalier d'Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari, 1568 1640), the painting circa 1595. Caesari was born in Rome in 1568 and his family came from Arpino in central Italy, he was apprenticed in Rome to Niccol Pomarancio and adopted Pomaranancio's post Michelangelo Mannerist style. He received commissions in his early 20's for a number of chapels and choir vaults in both Rome and