John HOPPNER 1759-1810, Woman in Hat oil on canvas c.1790, 40x35” This painting was exhibited at the Museum of fine arts Boston March 1893, and was a loan from Robert Hall McCormick (1847-1917)the industrialist from Chicago John Hoppner RA April 1758 – 23 January 1810 was an English portrait painter, much influenced by Reynolds, who achieved fame as a brilliant colourist . Hoppner first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780...

Bio: Ernesto Alcántara (1933 - 2019) created a vast body of work along many themes: volcanoes, the Sierra Gorda, seascapes, landscapes, nudes, still life works, travel sketches, political satire, fairy tales drawn for his daughter, characters, with Sor Juana, Don Quixote, and Rembrandt being predominant.   His techniques include oil on linen, prepared by him in his studio with rabbit glue, linseed oil, and tempera; engravings on copper or zinc using burin, dry point, etching, or soft ground;...

Shahla Arbabi (1945 -) was born in Shiraz, Iran, and began painting at the age of nine. She studied at Tehran's School of Fine Arts from 1961 to 1965, and then spent four years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. After a period teaching art the University of Tehran in the late Sixties and early Seventies, she moved to the United States, where she took a Master's degree in painting (1980) and another in print-making (1983) at American University in Washington, D. C...

Female portrait from the Court of Louis XV, by Antoine Coypel circa. 1715, oil on canvas, framed, 29” x 34” Comment: One of the ‘great beauties’ from the Court of Louis XV. Louis XV was the grandson of Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King who reigned of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. This painting is an example of the glorification of powerful and importance of women during the mid 18th Century in France...

Portrait of a Gentleman- Mr. Bayles, attributed to John Singer Sargent. (Label on back) painted circa 1913, Framed Oil on Canvas 37 x 30".

Exquisite and very rare 15/16th Century AVA Disciple from Burma, holding an alms bowl, very gentle, calm and serene expression. Patina reveals some pigment remnants, sandstone of redish-brown-terracotta color. Very good condition, Size: H. 90cm x W. 25cm x D. 20cm excluding Museum quality stand, weight: about 55 kilos (120 lbs.)

“Desnudo Blanco” 1965 (white reclining female nude with red square) by Ernesto Alcantara, signed lower left, oil on linen, work size 22” x 59”, frame size 21.25” x 61.5”, framed. Exhibition label on reverse of frame reads: “Salon De La Plastica Mexicana, Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes, Havre 7, Autor Ernesto Alcantara”...

A beautiful oil on canvas attributed to the renowned British artist Charles Robert Leslie, The painting depicting a woman and child or Madonna. The work measuring 48” x 36” Leslie was born in London to American parents. When he was five years of age he returned with them to the United States, where they settled in Philadelphia. Leslie completed his education and afterwards became apprenticed to a bookseller...

“Pavana a una Princesa” 1964 (white reclining figure with red circle) by Ernesto Alcantara, signed lower right, titled, signed and dated on reverse, oil on linen, work size 16” x 49” frame size 23” x 56.25”...

(Consignment). Milanese marble sculpture of a Bedouin Princess signed and dated 1881 by Carlos Vessina, White Carrera marble measuring 29.5 inches tall, 20 inch width, 8 inch deep

Still Life with Flowers” Oil Pastel 48x32”……. Othon Friesz was born in Le Havre, the son of a long line of shipbuilders and sea captains. He went to school in his native city. It was while he was at the Lycée that he met his lifelong friend Raoul Dufy. He and Dufy studied at the Le Havre School of Fine Arts in 1895-96 and then went to Paris together for further study. In Paris, Friesz met Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet, and Georges Rouault...

American Impressionist artist Walter Launt Palmer (August 1, 1854 – April 16, 1932) was an American Impressionist painter...

A rare Chinese Guanyin in gold leaf of Carved Wood measuring 58” height by 28” width…. Guanyin, Guan Yin or Kuan Yin (/ˌɡwɑːnˈjɪn/) (traditional Chinese: 觀音; simplified Chinese: 观音; pinyin: Guānyīn) is the Buddhist bodhisattva associated with compassion...

Shahla Arbabi (1945 -) was born in Shiraz, Iran, and began painting at the age of nine. She studied at Tehran's School of Fine Arts from 1961 to 1965, and then spent four years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. After a period teaching art the University of Tehran in the late Sixties and early Seventies, she moved to the United States, where she took a Master's degree in painting (1980) and another in print-making (1983) at American University in Washington, D. C...

"Joyful Wedding", Unsigned, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century, 33 x 48", Frame Size 43 x 58"

"Madonna with Child" from the school of Ruben, oil on canvas, 10" x 6", Frame size 50" x 40"

Japanese Buddha Imperial Court Of Kyoto circa Eleventh to Fourteenth Century height:30 inches inch comes from one of the earliest collections of Japanese artifacts in America more information coming….

From Wikipedia: Gustave Achille Guillaumet (26 March 1840 – 14 March 1887) was a French artist. He is best known for his paintings of North Africa. ……Guillaumet was initially a student of François-Edouard Picotand Félix-Joseph Barrias...