Tornabuoni Arte - Arte Antica

Tornabuoni Arte - Arte Antica Located in Florence, the gallery is specialized in old master paintings, sculptures and furniture.

La nostra settimana milanese si conclude oggi alle 19.30. Grazie di cuore ad e a tutte le persone che in questi giorni ...
10/11/2024

La nostra settimana milanese si conclude oggi alle 19.30. Grazie di cuore ad e a tutte le persone che in questi giorni hanno visitato il nostro stand❤️







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Penultimo giorno milanese💫Vi aspettiamo dalle 11.00 alle 20.30 allo stand 4️⃣0️⃣
09/11/2024

Penultimo giorno milanese💫
Vi aspettiamo dalle 11.00 alle 20.30 allo stand 4️⃣0️⃣




Cartoline da Milano parte II✨💫 senese
07/11/2024

Cartoline da Milano parte II✨💫





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Cartoline da Milano ✨💫
07/11/2024

Cartoline da Milano ✨💫

📍Vi aspettiamo allo stand 40 📌Da mercoledì 6 a sabato 9 novembre, 11.00-20.30📌Domenica 10 novembre, 11.00 -19.30
06/11/2024

📍Vi aspettiamo allo stand 40

📌Da mercoledì 6 a sabato 9 novembre, 11.00-20.30
📌Domenica 10 novembre, 11.00 -19.30

📌Sabato 28 Settembre 2024 Dalle ore 17.00 Via Maggio 40r, FirenzeTornab...
18/09/2024

📌Sabato 28 Settembre 2024
Dalle ore 17.00
Via Maggio 40r, Firenze

Tornabuoni Arte – Arte Antica è lieta di invitarvi alla presentazione del nuovo catalogo 2025.�Nell’occasione inaugureremo il nostro nuovo spazio espositivo al piano terra dello storico Palazzo di Bianca Cappello, attiguo alla sede principale di Arte Antica. Vi aspettiamo!

📌Saturday, September 28, 2024
From 5.00 p.m.
Via Maggio 40r, Firenze

Tornabuoni Arte – Arte Antica is pleased to welcome you to the presentation of the new catalogue 2025.�On the occasion we will inaugurate our new exhibition space on the ground floor of the historic Palazzo di Bianca Cappello, adjacent to the Arte Antica main gallery. We look forward to seeing you!

In copertina/ on the cover

Work in progress🚧
10/09/2024

Work in progress🚧

Tornabuoni Arte - Arte Antica vi augura delle splendide vacanze. La galleria sarà chiusa dal 27 luglio al 2 settembre co...
26/07/2024

Tornabuoni Arte - Arte Antica vi augura delle splendide vacanze.
La galleria sarà chiusa dal 27 luglio al 2 settembre compresi.

Tornabuoni Arte - Arte Antica wishes you a wonderful summertime.
The gallery will be closed from July 27th until September 2nd included.

This fascinating painting featuring various musical instruments and a large dish with citrons and apples, carefully plac...
27/04/2024

This fascinating painting featuring various musical instruments and a large dish with citrons and apples, carefully placed on a lush red velvet cushion, is characterized by the presence of two tasteful small portraits that form the doors of a lavish money-box in ebony with ivory inlaying. Precious necklaces are hanging from one of its open drawers; along with the noble architectures visible through the open window, they contribute to create the atmosphere of flaunted opulence that dominates the painting. The portraits, in particular, indicates that this canvas dates from a more recent period than the style and general arrangement would otherwise suggest, or in other words the Seventeenth century. Another very characteristic element is the low angle of observation that makes the painting quite particular, distinguishing it from, for instance, analogous representations of musical instruments by Baschenis and other painters from northern Italy.
Following a useful verbal indication by Giancarlo Sestieri, whom we would like to thank, we will for the moment place this interesting still life in a French context, dating it to around the second half of the Eighteenth century; in the future we may be able to give the painting the precise attribution which it deserves.

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STILL LIFE WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND FRUIT
French Master from the 18th century

oil on canvas
cm 117x149

Pair of large burnished bronze vases recalling medieval aquamaniles. The circular base, standing on Nero Marquina marble...
14/03/2024

Pair of large burnished bronze vases recalling medieval aquamaniles. The circular base, standing on Nero Marquina marble, is embellished with leafy elements.
The upper part is adorned with two figures: the head of a lion with a finely chased garland emerging from its mouth and a satyr seated on an acanthus leaf, supporting the sinuous handle.

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PAIR OF VASES
France, 19th century
burnished bronze and Nero Marquina marble (bases)
90 h, cm. 40 diameter

This Christ on the Cross presents an image of severe nobility. The stylization of the anatomy, specifically in the desig...
01/03/2024

This Christ on the Cross presents an image of severe nobility. The stylization of the anatomy, specifically in the design of the abdomen and the chest but also in the face, still linked to the Romanesque tradition, suggests to date this work to our glorious Trecento.

This dramatic sculpture was at one time probably the central element of a frescoed wall or a painted panel depicting Calvary, perhaps placed between the a suffering Virgin Mary and Saint John. It most likely has had several details, in particular the loincloth and the more realistic musculature of the legs, reworked at a later date, reflecting a more modern Renaissance sensibility.

The suffering intonation and the solemn concentration of this suggestive crucifix, accentuated by the Christ’s head almost resting on his chest and by the relaxed posture of the feet, show certain similarities to sculptures made in Umbria and the Marches, suggesting that the maker could have been a sculptor active in central Italy during the second half of the 1300s.

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CRUCIFIX
Central Italy, 14th century
carved and polychromed wood
cm 145 h

Happy Shrove Tuesday🥳This unusual image, which may be dated to the second half of the Eighteenth century, features a num...
13/02/2024

Happy Shrove Tuesday🥳

This unusual image, which may be dated to the second half of the Eighteenth century, features a number of masks from the so-called ‘Commedia dell’Arte’ or ‘Comedy of the Profession’ – we recognize, for instance, Punch, Doctor Balanzone, Harlequin – who, along with other personalities in colourful costumes, are amassed in an area closed off from the surroundings by architectonic wings. The Commedia dell’Arte is a typically Italian form of comedy that developed in the late Sixteenth century, that was among other things characterized by the flexibility of the acting, which was not bound to a libretto, where one allowed ample room for improvisation. The scene seems to unfold in front of theatre sets characterized by large arches that allow one to see a perspective of buildings towards the sea. The buildings adorned for the festivity on the sides, with their balconies surrounded by elaborate banisters in wrought iron, as well as the presence of a monumental fountain in the background, make us suggest a Southern Italian context for this canvas.

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Carnivalesque scene
Southern Italian artist from the 18th century

oil on canvas
cm 73x98,5

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Via Maggio 40r
Florence
50125

Orario di apertura

Martedì 10:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 19:00
Mercoledì 10:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 19:00
Giovedì 10:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 19:00
Venerdì 10:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 19:00
Sabato 10:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 19:00

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In the ground floor of the prestigious fourteenth-century building overlooking Via Maggio, a street that has long become the showcase for ancient art in Florence, a rich collection of pieces from various eras and different provenances is hosted, both paintings, sculptures and furniture, from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

The artistic artifacts in the gallery have all been the subject of a meticulous study which, in addition to guaranteeing their authenticity, places the works in their historical period and provenance.

The results of these searches, conducted by competent specialists in the various sectors, are published every year in an illustrated catalog in Italian and English, which combines the photo of the object with the technical specifications and an exhaustive scientific description.

Among the most interesting features of Tornabuoni Arte “Arte Antica” is a suggestive room all covered in black velvet. This space is dedicated to the paintings of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the so-called “Fondi oro”. Within a penumbra that partially restores the suggestion of the austere medieval parishes, the works, embellished with noble metal, shine in all their splendor imbued with mysticism.