Italian Renaissance Tempera on Parchment Painting Holy Family by Giuseppe Cesari Circa 1595 Sculpture The needlepoint is very finely

The needlepoint is very finely and delicately rendered

The casket is based on a design from Al Jazari's "Book of Knowledge"

to name just a few

The table made from flame mahogany and having three drawers

5" wide X 13" tall X 5

Italian Renaissance Tempera on Parchment Painting Holy Family by Giuseppe Cesari Circa 1595 Sculpture The needlepoint is very finelyA rare & important Italian Renaissance tempera on parchment painting, Giuseppe Cesari Il Cavalier d'Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari, 1568 1640), the painting circa 1595. Caesari was born in Rome in 1568 and his family came from Arpino in central Italy, he was apprenticed in Rome to Niccol Pomarancio and adopted Pomaranancio's post Michelangelo Mannerist style. He received commissions in his early 20's for a number of chapels and choir vaults in both Rome and