“Art is research”. An ambitious title, but fully in tune with the sale that Pandolfini is pleased to present, which tells the story of an important Florentine collector over the course of his life between painting, sculpture and the so-called "minor art".

Once again, following a trend now well experienced by the auction house, the catalog will range from various sectors, putting in front of the reader a selection of works of art united by great quality and precisely by research. The first impression is that of finding oneself in front of a "once upon a time" collection, on the model of those put together at the beginning of the twentieth century by Stefano Bardini or Elia Volpi, but the analysis of the individual pieces also reveals the modernity of the choices. carried out.

There are many noteworthy lots, including certainly a rare set of Renaissance "mirror frames", formerly belonging to the well-known Salvadori Collection, and a selection of majolica mainly from Montelupo together with two important glazed terracottas made by Giovanni della Robbia, as well as to some beautiful sideboards and bronzes of great quality. Among the sculptures we remember an important marble bust depicting a "Muse" together with another patinated stucco bust depicting Pietro Leopoldo, the work of Innocenzo Spinazzi.

Florentine painting from 16th to 18th century will be a major feature in the catalogue, starring an important altarpiece by Francesco Morandini, il Poppi; seductive female allegorical figures by Cesare Dandini and Justus Susterman, and an Allegory of Sculpture by Giuseppe Zocchi from the decoration of a Tuscan villa. Flower-pieces by Gaspar Lopez and sophisticated secular scenes in small figures by Parmesan Michele Rocca will be also offered.