Item : 120741
Ilario Mercanti known as "lo Spolverini" (Parma, 1657-1734) - Battle at the foot of a fortress / Battle with clash of cavalry SOLD
Author : Ilario Mercanti detto «lo Spolverini» (1657-1734)
Period: Early 18th century
Measures H x L x P  
Oil on canvas, 102 x 141 cm each. SOLD I have known indirectly for some time this superb pair of «battles» (oil paintings on canvas, 102 x 141 cm), already auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York in 1990, which I published in the volume I pittori di battaglie. Maestri italiani e stranieri del xvii e xviii secolo (Sestieri 1999, nn. 3-4, p. 483). Two examples that I have since considered among the most representative of Spolverini's personality, as a battle painter, together with the two «Battaglie notturne di Fornovo» (Sestieri 1999, nn. 5-6), compared to which these can be considered a daytime transposition, offering us, however, a more complete sample of his ability to dynamically articulate vast masses of combatants, represented with a lucid objective rendering, highlighting some more salient episodes... (see Giamblanco 2015 catalog) [Giancarlo Sestieri] Measurements H x W x D Height cm.: 102 Width cm.: 141 For more information send us an email: galleria@giamblanco.com Go to the main site Follow us on Facebook
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