A fine, highly finished and detailed watercolor painting of a seated lady on a patio, her large lute at her side. The setting is possibly a castle, as a tower in the background suggests. The artist signed at lower right and dated the work 1875. It measures 13 1/2" by 9 1/4" (16 1/2" by 12 1/4" in its attractive circa 1930's framing (note the old Jordan Marsh department store label from Boston on reverse--could have been purchased or framed there). Frame shows some wear on right hand side...
Oil on canvas painting of a young woman accompanied by a knight in a secluded landscape including a wall at left, 15" by 10" (arched top), 21 1/2" by 16 1/2" in modern day dark tasteful framing, signed at lower left center "TFaed". This could be an image of "Highland Mary" Campbell, to whom Scottish poet Robert Burns had a romantic attachment in the 1780's...
Oil on canvas painting of a peaceful eastern scene including distant pyramidal mountain peak, luminous sky, feathery trees and rock formation, the only sign of man an idle rowboat in center foreground, 12" by 20" and 2 1/2" wide period frame, signed with the conjoined initials of the artist at lower left (in red) and dated there 1882...
Mughal illuminated Page 7.5x9.5 Miniature depicting a Royal Scene nineteenth Century Tempera Berlin Estate
Anextremely rare and large tile Painting by P. Duboisson after the artist Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala (2 July 1841 in Bilbao – 12 January 1871 in Madrid) was a Spanish Academic painter who specialized in small-scale canvases. He was the father of the French writer, Miguel Zamacoïs, brother of the writer Niceto de Zamacois, the singer Elisa Zamacois and the actor Ricardo Zamacois, and also an uncle of the writer Eduardo Zamacois and the music composer Joaquín Zamacois...
Frederick Garrison Hall, American Artist , “A SCENE IN TOURS” Soft Ground Etching, 25x20”
….. FREDERICK GARRISON HALL (1879 - 1946)
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hall was an architect by training. He launched his career as an etcher with a number of pastoral scenes beginning in 1918, following studies under William Paxton and Henri Royer. Through the 1920s, Hall produced a number of compelling works depicting notable American and European buildings and settings...
Flowers in Basket Still Life
Japanese Woodblock Print Nineteenth Century Geisha Women17x21 inches. Call or email. We have a rare and fine selection of Japanese art dating to 1860
A circa 1840s American Portrait in oil. Unsigned measuring 30x25”
NINETEENTH CENTURY, CHINESE NANKING “OPERA” CARVED AND FRAMED WALL SCULPTURE, Measuring 21” x 32”. The carving done circa 1840 and mounted and framed in the 1940’s. The work was typically done for export to the Irish market…..please also see # 3582
Beautiful Bronze roundel of Franz Liszt by artist Ellen Rankin (Cropp) dated 1891 measuring 12” diameter Ellen Rankin Copp (August 4, 1853 – August 8, 1901), also called Ellen or Helen Houser Rankin, was an American sculptor. Her works were featured at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893...
An antique drawing in ink and watercolor, 4 1/4" by 6 3/4" inside the mat, 11" by 13 1/4" framed, unsigned, featuring a rolling landscape with stand of trees and tiny figures. At left a full hay wagon is pulled by an animal; at center a couple walks together; at right, three others take a break and chat. This could possibly be an American drawing after an English etching. The materials and framing look American, the scene less so...
A beautiful antique oil painting of a Girl in a bonnet Holding a Flower Basket. Early 19th century English oil on canvas in original antique frame.
Overall size 32ʺW × 2ʺD × 41ʺH in good antique condition minor imperfections commensurate of age.
Neapolitan School "Grand Tour" era gouache painting on paper laid on a thin card, RATHER LARGE SIZE FOR THESE, at 19 1/2" by 36", the scene quite extensive with smoking Vesuvius at far left, and a number of figures in picturesque nineteenth century garb, the title "Napoli dal Campo" at lower left. Finely detailed distant buildings and trees complete the charming Italian scene...
Eavesdropping
Oil on panel, signed and dated: “1865.”
Painting size: 9” x 6.75”
Frame size: 14.5” x 12.5”
Petrus Theodorus Van Wyngaerdt (also spelled Wyngaerdt or Wijngaerdt) was born in Rotterdam.
A student of J.H...
19th century oil on canvas painting of the Angel waking Elijah who was asleep under a tree. Originally this painting probably had an ornate gold frame. We found this hanging as pictured. Artist signed: Robert Ragan. Measures in frame: 44.5” high x 25.5” wide.
Site size: 40.75” x 22.25”
Map of Isthmus of Suez, Illustrated 1860 I beautifully illustrated map measuring 23 x 29“ and very rare
This is an antique 19th-century Russian oil painting on a metal panel, possibly iron. The painting is titled "Russian Peasant Dance."
In this beautiful scene, we can see a group of Russian peasants wearing traditional Russian clothes and celebrating joyously outside the village inn. The peasants are standing near a barrel covered with a board on which a bottle of vodka has been placed...