Exhibitions
The collection we are presenting this year at TEFAF Maastricht spans several centuries of art history, from Italian gold-ground Primitives to the twentieth century and beyond.
The display begins with paintings by Italian masters of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, continues with works by artists such as Giulio Cesare Procaccini and Pietro Bellotti, and culminates with two outstanding highlights: an exceptional work by Lucio Fontana and one of the most iconic masterpieces by Jack Vettriano.
Giorgio Bocca and Silvia Giacomoni shared thirty-five years of life together — a long and profound union of love, joined by their mutual passion for journalism and literature and, albeit from different perspectives, by a deep spiritual sensibility, as evidenced by their friendship with Archbishop Carlo Maria Martini. Both were, in essence, idealists: Giorgio aspired, as he himself declared, to “the civil emancipation of Italy” through culture and its dissemination; Silvia, for her part, sought to preserve the country’s religious tradition — as seen in her retelling of the Old Testament in La nuova Bibbia Salani — in a society increasingly distorted by the excesses of consumerism.
The idealism and spirituality of this couple, emblematic of the finest Italy of the late twentieth century, are clearly reflected in their art collection: an ensemble born of affection rather than design, composed of reciprocal gifts exchanged between them and enriched by tributes from artist and writer friends. The merit of this exhibition lies in bringing together several masterpieces from their collection — among them, the superb Portrait of Madame Costa Torro by Gino Severini and Fortunato Depero’s tapestry Somarelli siciliani, both well known to scholars. Other works, previously unpublished, contribute to a fuller understanding of the artists to whom they are attributed.
To this substantial core, we have chosen to add a number of paintings and drawings formerly in other collections, yet perfectly attuned to the taste and spirit that guided Bocca and Giacomoni. The exhibition thus succeeds in evoking the intellectual bond that united these two remarkable figures, and stands this year as a heartfelt tribute to Silvia’s memory, following her passing at the age of eighty-seven on March 15.
Federico Giannini
Our stand at TEFAF Maastricht 2025, where we present a curated selection of rare and exceptional works spanning seven centuries.
Among the highlights: masterpieces by Italian primitives such as Pacino di Buonaguida, Lorenzo di Bicci, Lippo di Andrea, and Jacobello del Fiore; a powerful and moving Portrait of Giulio di Alessandro de’ Medici by Maso da San Friano; an extraordinary armoured male portrait by Rosalba Carriera — one of the very few of its kind; and a monumental "Venezia" by Lucio Fontana, created for his legendary 1961 exhibition in Palazzo Grassi, Venice.
TEFAF Maastricht 2025 at MECC Maastricht, Forum 100, 6229GV Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 14: 11 AM - 7 PM (Preview by invitation only).
Saturday, March 15 until Thursday, March 20: 11 AM - 7 PM.
With the exhibition ITALIAN TREASURES we bring exclusively notificati paintings to the attention of collectors and the public.
Buying a notoficato object means enriching one's private collection with a painting worthy of being exhibited in a museum, and all this at a minimal price compared to the usual prices on the international market.
However, at the basis of the decision to buy a notificato painting there is not only an economic calculation and important tax advantages: those who invest in this way are almost always passionate and well-educated collectors who recognise how much, in this case, the actual value of the work far exceeds the cost incurred.
We will be present at the Biennale Antiquariato in Florence, September 28 - October 6, 2024 (preview September 27).
Stand n. 50, with a selection of Italian Paintings from 1320 to 1869.
For further information do not hesitate to contact us.
We are exhibiting a fine selection of paintings and sculptures, 1320 to 1970:
Jacopo del Casentino, Pacino di Buonaguida, Bartolomeo Bulgarini, Andrea Bonaiuti, Giovanni Antonio da Pesaro, Giovanni di Tommaso Crivelli, Giulio Clovio, Maestro della Leggenda di Apollo e Daphne, Andrea Previtali, Pietro degli Ingannati, Anonimo Maestro Leonardesco, Girolamo da Cotignola, Rosalba Carriera, Marco Ricci, Antonio Canaletto, Alberto Pasini, Veronika van Eyck
