Continental portrait miniature of a lady in Saucy hat and 18th century attire, mounted in velvet lined frame, from 19th century period. Size; dimensions of portrait itself are 2 1/4 x 2 inches housed in 5 x 4 1/2 inches frame. Condition Report; Both portrait and frames are in very good condition.

A fine watercolor painting of tulips in a vase, painted in a modernist style, 15 1/2" by 12" (28" by 24" framed), signed in pencil at lower right by artist JULIAN E. LEVI (1900-1982). The work is fresh and clean, and nicely matted and framed. Levi was born in New York and spent much of his life there. He did venture to Philadelphia for training at the Pennsylvania Academy under Arthur Carles, Daniel Garber, and Henry McCarter...

Anthony Van Dyck, European, 1599-1641, "Adrianus Stalbent". This is an original engraving by Paulus Pontius after the painting by Anthony Van Dyck. The image size is 9 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches, c. 1700s, inscribed "Ant. van Dyck pinxit" and "Paul. du pont sculpt" in the lower left margin, with the title and a phrase in Latin below the image, with the original Kennedy Gallery label. Stalbent was a Flemish landscape painter and friend of Anthony Van Dyck when this portrait was painted...

A nice 19th century Mexican folk retablo on tin depicting San José. In his role as the husband and protector of the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph became one of the more popular retablo subjects, representing an estimated 7% of 19th century pieces. According to the Apocrypha, Mary’s suitors left their staffs in the courtyard of her home overnight, and by the next morning, Joseph’s has sprouted blossoms, indicating he was God’s choice as her husband...

William Lee Hankey, European, 1869-1952, "Marie Jean", Etching, image size: 10 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches, pencil signed

Offered together as a pair are TWO limited edition lithographs on paper, each 28 7/8" by 22 1/2", unframed, by a master artist. One, an image of a rock strewn hillside, is numbered at lower left 38/65; the other image, a sketchy portrait of a man, possibly a self portrait, is numbered 42/50...

Oil on canvas, unframed, 20" by 26", signed at lower right in red "R. MacDonald" and signed/titled/dated on reverse "R. MacDonald/Heat Wave/July 10 1937". The subject appears to be a young man, possibly African-American, holding a hose on a young child at right, a wooden house hidden partially by a huge tree in the background. The artist has painted a very American work, (and possibly southern, as well), squarely in the 1930's style...

Tavik Frantisek Simon, Czechoslovakian, 1877-1942, "Boulevard Saint Martin in Winter". A wintry day on a busy tree-lined street in Paris is the subject of this color aquatint etching by T. F. Simon. Published in 1914 in an edition of 200 it measures 12 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches. Pencil signed on the l.r. with a watermark on the l.l.

Aloys Wachelmayr, Austrian, 1892-1940, "The Guitar Player," etching, pencil signed, image size is 6 x 7 3/8 inches on 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches wove-type paper. Circa 1917.

this absolutely striking and well executed Continental miniature painting exhibit a charming and extremely pretty lady sitting in typical pose for the time period. She is in a fabulous red dress with the hairdo fashionable for 19th century. The artist has successfully rendered his talent portraying this lovely woman, with great taste in choosing contrasting colors...

Arthur Heintzelman, American, 1891-1965, Etching, "Vigneron", 1933, 2nd state,1 of 2 impressions,image size: 12x9 5/8 inches, Published edition 110, Bpl 186, pencil signed,

A truly beautiful circa 1890 print of elegant Parisians strolling past and perusing the famous Bouquiniste bookstalls along the banks of the Seine River, not signed in plate nor in pencil but certainly by a listed or even important and well-known artist. To date, reverse image searches and other internet research have, frustratingly, not revealed the identity of that artist. There are no watermarks...

Alphonse Legros, French, 1837-1911, etching, "Les Bords De La Liane", image size: 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches, c. 1900, pencil signed lower right. This airy, impressionistc etching depicts a man fishing in a forested landscape. Provenance: Baldwin-Wallace College.

Purchased some years ago in Florida, this is an unusual work, possibly some kind of enamel work (I am guessing----shiny hard surface with relief, mimicking enamel surfaces I have seen), 5" by 13", 21" by 25" in gold frame with wide maroon velvet matting, signed with conjoined small "HR" at top right, and signed again on reverse "Hugo Robus 1954"...

A Fine Mid Century Painting by the Listed San Antonio, Texas Artist, Mildred Cocke (1903-94). Painting measures 18" by 24" in its frame of about 25 1/4" by 31". Signed lower right. Colorful, evocative look.

A Classical Chinese landscape painting handpainted on silk using the literati style and venerating the Song Dynasty famous artist Ma Yuan's famous landscape painting of scholar visit friends in the mountain

Indian school,wonderful Indian miniature painting, depicting what seems to be an Indian prince, vibrant color and masterful work with close attention to details. Size: This incredible painting has a dimension of 5-1/2 x 3 inches housed in a 10-1/4 x 8 inches attractive frame. Condition report: Great condition.

Wonderful Painting of an allegorical scene on porcelain. Dimensions: 21 x 21 x 2 ½ inches. Condition Report: Excellent condition.

Indian school,wonderful Indian miniature painting, depicting Mughal Emperor and probably his concubine, vibrant color and masterful work with close attention to details. Size: This incredible painting has a dimension of 3-3/8 x 2-5/8 inches housed in a 8 x 7-1/2 inches attractive frame. Condition report: Excellent condition.

Indian school,wonderful Indian miniature painting, depicting Mugal royalty, prince and princess, vibrant color and masterful work with close attention to details. Size: This incredible painting has a dimension of 5 x 2-3/4 inches housed in a 10 x 8 inches attractive frame. Condition report: Excellent condition.

Indian school,wonderful Indian miniature painting, depicting Mugal Emperor, most likely Akbar holding a cup in right hand, vibrant color and masterful work with close attention to details. Size: This incredible painting has a dimension of 5-1/2 x 3 inches housed in a 10-1/4 x 8 inches attractive frame. Condition report: Great condition.

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...

Plate signed etching, 13" by 10 1/4" inside the mat, the sheet 16" by 13 3/4", titled "Rue de la Glaciere", 1937, by the famous and important French modern artist MAURICE de VLAMINCK (1876-1958). The original edition is given as 400 or 500 examples; later restrikes might exist. I do not know if this might be one of them. The paper is very thin and delicate and appears ribbed as would laid style paper. I do not see any watermarks...

**ONE OF TWO BY THIS ARTIST IN MY SHOP, SIMILARLY FRAMED, EVIDENTLY FROM THE SAME MIDWESTERN HOME**Original lithograph print of two fashionably dressed ladies taking a stroll on a palmy seaside promenade, possibly Nice or Cannes on the French Riviera, by the important and increasingly popular French contemporary artist JEAN-PIERRE CASSIGNEUL (1935-). The work measures 12 1/4" by 18" and 22 3/4" by 28" in tasteful quality framing (reverse label of Samuel Stein Fine Arts, 620 N. Michigan Ave., Chi...

PAIR of ink and watercolor/gouache drawings of pink and white dogwood blossoms (commonly seen in the spring in Connecticut), each 10" by 8" inside the mat, 14 1/2" by 13 1/4" as framed, signed at lower right by the noted Darien, Connecticut craftswoman artist DOROTHEA WARREN O'HARA (1873-1972). O'Hara was born in Missouri but settled in the New York area, where she was educated at the Chase School. The artist went on to become a noted craftswoman, expressing her talents in a wide range of medi...

19TH century Italian watercolor showing Christ taken down from the cross, by an anonymous master painter. Wonderful vivid colors. Offered in a contemporary frame. Roughly 16" by 11" (painting alone), 22" by 17" framed. One of a number of similar works by the same artist currently available.

Hand Colored Etching “Dickens Christmas Carol” 5x8” framed size 12x16” done circa 1940

Jean Louis Forain, French, 1852-1931, etching, "Le Christ Portant Sa Croix" (4e Planche), image size: 11 1/2 x 15 1/8 inches, first state, (Faxon 116) pencil signed l.r.

Jean Louis Forain, French, 1852-1931, etching, "Le Noeud de Cravate", image size 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in, from CROQUIS PARISIENS, 1880, possibly a later printing (Faxon, 20), pencil signed

1924 watercolor painting of Red Mountain, California, by listed artist Arthur J. Hammond (signed and titled lower left). This is a beautiful work employing soft desert colors in shades of blues, greens, and purples.

The frame is not comtemporary to the piece.

Hammond was born in Vernon, Connecticut in 1875 but lived mostly in Rockport, Massachusetts.

Listed in

• AskART.com's "The Artists Bluebook: 23,000 North American Artists", 2000
• P.H. Falk's "Who Was Who In American Art: 1564...

Alexander Ney Russian American sculptor " Brown clay standing Nude"early 1970s figure in a modern style. 1 hole at top for mounting , this piece is unsigned and we have listed an image included in this listing showing the same figure in sterling silver clad that is also unsigned this piece is for reference only size 3.25" by just under 1" . This is from a very rare group of early miniature pieces most all were initialed in this way. Developing several individualistic styles in modern art, he is ...

Original etching by Raphael Soyer, USA, born in Russia, 1899-1987). This work is signed by the artist lower right, numbered from an edition of 85, and is titled "Pedestrians". It could be described as a self portrait of the artist in a crowd of New York pedestrians. Framed.

(One of two works by the artist in my shop), a watercolor on paper, 9 3/8" by 13 1/4" (17" by 21" as framed), signed in English at lower left, titled on reverse with what looks like "Lake Wobegone" (and $100 original price) and dated "43", by noted, well listed Jewish American artist ELIAS NEWMAN (1903-1999). Newman was born in Poland but was in the US as a boy. In his late teens he he met such artists as the Soyers, Peter Blume, and Chaim Gross at The Educational Alliance Art School in New Yor...

Attractive Buddha's bronze disciple/worshipper with traces of gilding, 17/18th Century, AVA, Burma, condition: good, size: H. 13cm x W. 3cm x D.3.5cm, mounted

PAIR of watercolor coastal scenes, unsigned, circa 1880, on heavy quality watercolor paper, 11" by 18" inside the old mats (18" by 25" in identical framing), found in Essex, Massachusetts. I purchased these for their inherent quality, despite a few condition issues, and hoped to find a signature when I opened them up, but, did not find either signature or any other inscriptions. I imagine these are by a listed artist who worked in the Cape Ann region or in that part of coastal New England. T...

Oil on canvas, 36" by 40" and a narrow black wood frame, circa 1970's, signed at lower right "JMac". There is a website for this artist's work, set up by the artist. I believe the type of painting might well be called "hard edge", there being sharp delineations between strips of color. This is a large and decorative work that will enhance any modern or mid century interior. The painting needs a simple cleaning, as over the years it has acquired some superficial brownish drips and soiling. Th...