Bernardino TOPPI (born 1936). "Cavaliers". Fresco on canvas signed lower right, countersigned and titled on the back. Height : 60 cm - Width : 74 cm Note: Bernardino Toppi grew up between Rome and Anticoli-Corrado, an Italian artists' village of timeless charm, whose landscapes and workshops nourish his approach to the image. Fascinated by ancient frescoes, he revisits their codes - mineral pigments, mural gestures, the patina of time - to propose a personal interpretation, between classical heritage and modern vision. The rupestral aspect, reminiscent of the Lascaux caves, allows the artist to depict the lives of refined characters surrounded by dreamlike landscapes. A proponent of a more discreet art tinged with allusions, where forms fade away in favor of dreams, leading to the fascination of a spiritual atmosphere and abolishing the notion of time and space.