An impressive complete walnut, carved giltwood and gilt bronze mounted libraryNorth Italian, 19th centuryComprising of three sides with alphabetised open bookshelves above panelled doors, together with three panelled doors, surmounted by oval panels enclosing giltwood medallions with portrait busts of High Renaissance masters: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael flanked by scrolling acanthus leaves and anthemions, 260cm high, 102in high) The two sides: 500 cm long (196 1/2in), the central section: 600 cm (236in) 注脚Provenance: Purchased by the current vendor from Galleria Guido Bartolozzi in 2001. Believed to have originally to have come from an important house in Pavia.The use of portrait busts and the panelled decoration above the three doors is similar to those found in the engravings for decorations and furniture printed in 1838 by Domenico Moglia. Comparable busts inserted between scrolls of acanthus leaves appear in designs found in: The volume Collezioni di soggetti ornamentali, table 42 (Collections of ornamental subjects). A comparison to the busts can be made to those in the pediment of the shop window of the watchmaker's shop Mojana, also published in the aforementioned repertoire.