Antique 19th Century Pair Early Cantagalli Majolica Istoriato Plates Italy 1880 Paintings the painting is signed lower

the painting is signed lower roght "J

working in a decidedly painterly fashion by brushing compositions onto woodblocks before carving them

this handsome painting is ready to hang on your wall

He was born in a family that was originally from Busto Arsizio

This large oil on canvas depicts a Native American brave captively tied to a tree stump and being viewed by a rival tribe

Antique 19th Century Pair Early Cantagalli Majolica Istoriato Plates Italy 1880 Paintings the painting is signed lowerA fine and early pair of antique Italian Cantagalli maiolica (majolica) hand painted Istoriato plates, Florence, Italy, circa 1880. This very fine pair of plates decorated in the Istoriato style, first popularized in the Italian Renaissance of the early 1500s. Each plate with a scalloped rim, and each finely hand painted with putti in landscape scenes. One with a putto playing a drum with a cityscape to the background, the other with a winged putto