Live Auction 7524Turin London Corfu The Collection of Giorgio Marsan and Umberta Nasi
A SET OF FOUR NORTH ITALIAN WALLPAPER PANELS, PIEDMONTESE SCHOOL
Lot 400

A SET OF FOUR NORTH ITALIAN WALLPAPER PANELS, PIEDMONTESE SCHOOL

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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GBP 38,900

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A SET OF FOUR NORTH ITALIAN WALLPAPER PANELS, PIEDMONTESE SCHOOL
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Emblematic of the Four Seasons, each with figures at various pursuits within giltwood moulded frames, relined on canvas, restorations
Each 81 x 57½ in. (205 x 146 cm.) (4)

With Pietro Accorsi, Turin.

Specialist note

The figures in the detail of the panel (illustrated opposite) are probably playing 'palla a bracciale', a form of pallone which was popular in Naples in the 18th Century. Balls are struck back and forth with a wooden cylinder, called a bracciale, which is worn over the forearm. The game is shown in Antonio Joli's, King Ferdinand IV and Queen Caroline of Naples attending a game of palla a bracciale, sold Christie's London, 17 December 1999, (lot 69).