Antique Italian Oil on Canvas Painting Seascape Coastline Isle of Capri Italy by Cavalier Michele Federico, 1925 Drawings & Prints the Navajo artisans adapted the

the Navajo artisans adapted the crescent-shaped Naja symbol from the Moorish pendants brought to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors

A highly important Flemish Old Master oil painting by Peter Van Lint (1609-1690)

Examples of Powell’s luminous canvases can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

The putti came from a grand palazzo in Florence dating to the late 1600s

The Smithsonian Institution

Antique Italian Oil on Canvas Painting Seascape Coastline Isle of Capri Italy by Cavalier Michele Federico, 1925 Drawings & Prints the Navajo artisans adapted theSOLD Original oil painting on canvas by Cavalier Michele Federico (Italy, 1884 1966), waves crashing upon the rocky coastline of Capri, Italy, circa 1925. A very attractive painting by the celebrated Italian artist Michele Federico. His name pre fixed with Cavalier, which is an honor bestowed by the Italian government, ostensibly a Knighthood. The painting depicts a slightly stormy scene, with waves crashing on the rocks. The painting is signed lower