The Collection of Profesor Paolo Paolini, Rome, Italy: Distinguished Paintings & Sculptures by Celebrated Italian Masters, X-XVI Century
New York: American Art Association, 1924. Softcover. Off-white wraps, gilt letters on front cover. Unpaginated. 121+ bw plates. G (Cover soiled with slightly chipped edges and stain in upper right corner, interior nice and tight with yellowing to page edges. Item #28813
Issued in conjunction with a 1924 art sale. "The offering of the Professor Paolo Paolini Collection of paintings and sculptures at public sale presents to lovers of old Italian art an opportunity to acquire rare and fine examples that is unique in the history of American art auctions. For, with very few exception, the Paolini collection is comprised of Italian art of the first Renaissance, which developed in the thirteenth century and continued through the fifteenth." (foreword) A partial listing of artists includes Bartolommeo Bellano, Adriano Fiorentino, Il Riccio, Giovanni Pisano, Antonello Gaggini, Guido Mazzoni Da Modena, Desiderio Da Settignano, Donatello (manner of), Canaletto, Carpaccio, Sano Di Pietro, Francesco Di Giogio, John Hoppner, Filippino Lippi, Bastiano Mainardi, Il Tintoretto, Bartolommeo Montagna, Antonio Vivarini, Cosimo Tura, and MANY others. Prices realized have been penciled in by some entries.
Price: $29.97