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Giuseppe Antonio Pianca, a painter from Piedmont, developed an expressive manner informed by Milanese painting and Alessandro Magnasco. His religious works give prominence to moving figures and dense paint. Bathsheba at Her Bath at the Château d’Aulteribe is attributed to him: this reversed version of a composition by Carle van Loo differs through its darker palette.
The Baptism of Christ in the church of Sant’Antonio, documented there in 1760, combines thick brushwork, strong colour and an expressive landscape. In Milan, the Castello Sforzesco picture gallery holds a Virgin and Child in Glory with Angels and Two Saints, an oil painting on canvas dated between 1730 and 1750. These works illuminate the variety of his devotional compositions and his engagement with expressive form.
This profile brings together identity references for Giuseppe Antonio Pianca and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Pyramus und Thisbe
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2021-12-13
Published result : 1200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200–1600
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Oil on canvas
Pyramus und Thisbe
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2021-06-18
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1200–1800
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Oil on canvas
Pyramus und Thisbe
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2021-03-26
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 2000–4000
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