Giuseppi Fedi Sold at Auction Prices

Giuseppe Fedi (Italy 1791-1818), 1822. Brig 'Aurora' of Plymouth. Sight, ht. 19 7/8, wd. 25 3/8 in.

Giuseppe Fedi (Italy 1791-1818), 1822. Brig 'Aurora' of Plymouth. Two-masted vessel at full sail with U.S. flag raised at stern, another ship and unidentified harbor in distance, paper inscribed 'Aurora of Plymouth, 1822.' pasted on bottom margin, in glazed frame with page from the 21 April 1869 morning edition of the Boston Post lining reverse. Unsigned. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Sight, ht. 19 7/8, wd. 25 3/8 in.

Giuseppe Fedi (Italy 1791-1818), c. 1816. 'China' of Salem, Hiram Putnam, Master. Sight, ht. 19, wd. 26 1/2 in.

Giuseppe Fedi (Italy 1791-1818), c. 1816. 'China' of Salem, Hiram Putnam, Master. Depicting three-masted merchant ship in unidentified harbor with U.S. flag raised at stern, inscribed 'CHINA of SALEM * HIRAM PUTNAM' across bottom register, in glazed frame. l.r. 'Giuseppe Fedi'. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Sight, ht. 19, wd. 26 1/2 in.

ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE FEDI (Italy, 1792-1819), Ship Palladium of Boston in two positions., Watercolor and gouache on paper, 19.25" x 27". Framed 21.75" x 29.5".

ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE FEDI Italy, 1792-1819 Ship Palladium of Boston in two positions. Inscribed in lower margin "Palladium of Boston -- Henry Larcom Commander".

ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE FEDI (Italy, 1792-1819), Ship Palladium of Boston in two positions., Watercolor and gouache on paper, 19.25" x 27". Framed 21.75" x 29.5".

ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE FEDI Italy, 1792-1819 Ship Palladium of Boston in two positions. Inscribed in lower margin "Palladium of Boston -- Henry Larcom Commander".

ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPI FEDI (Italy, 1792-1819), "Melanto of Whitby George Parry Master"., Watercolor on paper, 19.5" x 26". Framed 22" x 28".

ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPI FEDI Italy, 1792-1819 "Melanto of Whitby George Parry Master". Unsigned.

GIUSEPPI FEDI (ITALIAN, ACT. 1792-1819). THE SCHOONER "RAVEN" OF MARBLEHEAD, AMBROS B. MARTIN, MASTER, 1801.

Built at Salisbury, Massachusetts in 1786. Depicted in two positions. Watercolor on paper, 16 1/4 x 22 3/4 inches, sight. Signed "Giuseppi Fedi, Livorno" u.l.Literature: A virtually identical painting of the "Raven" is in the collection of the Marblehead Historical Society.

Telemachus of Boston going to Leghorn

Giuseppe Fedi (Italian, fl. 1792-1819). Mixed Media including watercolor, gouache, and pen and pink on paper. Italy, Livorno: c. 1805. 18 x 25 inches sheet. 21 x 28 inches framed. " The Brig “Telemachus” of Boston and Salem arriving at Leghorn in about 1805. Unsigned, titled beneath the image, the ship shown broadside and stern flying two American flags. Mixed media including watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paper, framed (some minor spotting, a bit toned). A magnificent image of the Brig ‘Telemachus” arriving in Leghorn/Livorno, Italy in about 1805, painted by local and renowned marine artist Giuseppe Fedi. The companion painting of the “Telemachus” departing from Leghorn, also by Fedi, is in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. The “Telemachus” was one of the many ships owned by the Crowninshield family of Salem, among the richest Salem merchant families, who gained their wealth through privateering and in the Far Eastern trade for which Salem was famed in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Their principal cargo at the time of this painting seems to have been coffee imported from Mocha in Arabia Felix, the southern part of the Arabian peninsula. “Telemachus” was owned by the third son of George Crowninshield (1733-1815), John (1771-1842), whose better-known brother Jacob was responsible for bringing the first elephant to America, from Bengal. The “Telemachus” voyaged far and wide for the Crowninshield family, and a logbook of the brig survives in the archive of the Peabody Museum, recording a voyage from Salem to Tunis, Candia/ Crete, Constantinople/Istanbul, Malta, Algeciras Bay/ Bay of Gibraltar, and back to Salem between June of 1809 and April of 1810. Little is known about the artist Guiseppe Fedi, except that prior to 1805 he was painting portraits of ships in Ancona, and was later based in Livorno where he painted naive portraits of British and American ships sailing and trading on the western coast of Italy. Roger Finch, The Pierhead Painters, 1983, page 147."

GIUSEPPI FEDI (ITALIAN, ACT. 1792-1819). "TELEMACHUS OF BOSTON" GOING IN TO LEGHORN.

Built at Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1795. Watercolor on paper, 18 x 24 3/4 inches, sight.

Attributed to Michele Felice Corne (Continental/American,1752-1845) The Brigh Attalant of Boston/Capt Taylor/Departing from Naples. Uns

Attributed to Michele Felice Corne (Continental/American,1752-1845) The Brigh Attalant of Boston/Capt Taylor/Departing from Naples. Unsigned, titled below. Watercolor and gouache, 13 3/8 x 17 3/4 in., in a later molded wood frame with gilt liner. Condition: Light moisture stains around edges, small loss l.r.

Attributed to Michele Felice Corne (Continental/American,1752-1845) Ship Thomas of Boston Coming into the Port of Naples Jeremiah Manto

Attributed to Michele Felice Corne (Continental/American,1752-1845) Ship Thomas of Boston Coming into the Port of Naples Jeremiah Mantor Master 1805. Unsigned, titled below. Watercolor and gouache on laid paper, 13 3/8 x 17 7/8 in., in a later molded wooden frame with gilt liner. Condition: Good, minor surface abrasions u.r. edge, and c.r. flag, minor pin holes u.l. and u.c.

GIUSEPPI FEDI (ITALIAN, ACT. 1792-1819). MELANTHO OF WHITBY, GEORGE PARRY, MASTER. Shown broadside with stern view to left. Watercolor on paper. 18 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches. Provenance: Peter Tillou.