Bust of the Emperor in bicorne and topcoat, signed "A. Canova", Antonio Canova (1757-1822). Height of the item is 9-3/4 inches, including 2 3/4" base. Condition
Report: Excellent.
Etching on very thin paper, "Charles Baudelaire, de Face", 1865, later, likely posthumous impression, by the famous French artist EDOUARD MANET (1832-1883). The work measures 3 3/4" by 3 1/4" inside the plate mark, and the sheet measures 8 1/4" by 6 1/4". This is Guerin #38 in the catalogue raisonne, and probably the 4th (final) state. The paper being very thin and flimsy, would lead me to believe this would NOT be a twentieth century restrike. There is a simple modern frame...
Finely crafted bronze sculpture, boy smocking a cigarette, 19th century period, bearing artist's signature. Condition Report; Good condition, cigarette in boy's mouth is missing.
British Artist John Haynes-Williams 1836-1908 “Sunday in Seville" 40x30” framed in a beautiful gilded frame measuring 56”x46”.
Born in Worcester England and studied in Birmingham and later moved to a London studio
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (/ˈɡɔɪə/; Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xoˈse ðe ˈɣoʝa i luˈθjentes]; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and throughout his long career was a commentator and chronicler of his era. Immensely successful in his lifetime, Goya is often referred to as both the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns...
This is an exquisite bronze sculpture from the 19th century, boasting intricate details and expert craftsmanship. The sculpture is modeled after the renowned work of Jean-Auguste Barré and is impressively sized.
It features Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in his iconic standing pose, with his right hand tucked into his vest and a snuffbox in his left...
An important figure sculpture Indian Bronze of Samara goddess circa 1880 measuring 6”
An attractive italian 19th Century Painting depicting 2 Figures in a Park. Good condition. Size: 21 cm. x 14 cm. unframed. Framed: 47 cm. x 36.5 cm.
Antique late 19th century beautifully executed with fine detail bronze sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte, in a standing pose with crossed arms, wearing his uniform of Colonel of Chasseurs Cheval de la Garde Imperial, with the Legion of Honour Order. Mounted on its original square marble pedestal.
MEASUREMENTS: 25.5 cm (10 in)...
Born in Germany in 1857 in the town of Harthau, he moved to America and painted in New England and traveled to paint in Europe where this scene was done in Katwijk, which also happens to be the town where he died in 1929. The work depicts the sailing ships of the 19th century in pastel on sanded paper measuring 17x26 inches in a whine period frame
INDIAN BRONZE standing figure of Avalokesvara, wearing a high coiffure, elaborate earrings and a diaphanous robe, her primary hands in abahy mudra and secondary hands holding a flower and unidentified object in the other, h: 10.25 in circa 1900
Thames Police
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
This is an original etching by James Whistler. The title is: "Thames Police" It was created in 1859 as part of his Thames Set series on life on the river. The image measures 5 15/16X8 7/8 inches. Printed on a thin laid type paper. Very richly inked, the Fifth state of Six. An early rich inking. Good condition, there is a tear upper right corner of the border, away from the image area. Enough border for proper presentation...
Currier and Ives Lithograph, The Old Oaken Bucket, 1878, Framed Print 15 x 19".
$300 As-Is
This is an original oil on canvas painting laid to a board, by French Marine artist Barthelemy Lauvergne. The title is Vue de Toulon, dated 1849, this painting measures 17 11/2X25 1/2 inches, signed and dated bottom right. Some light crackiing to the painting but everything is stable, the canvas has been backed upon a board no evidence of inpainting. Toulon is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast...
Beautiful charcoal drawing of an American Landscape Signed Vincent, on paper measuring 10 x 19“, frame size 20 x 27“ circa 1900
Maurice Boval (French, 1863–1916)
Art Noveau Bronze of a Young Beauty
Signed, 14.25" high, 11" wide, 7"deep
Maurice Bouval was a French sculptor of the Art Nouveau period who was born in Toulouse, France in 1863. From 1880 to the first World War, he created a large number of bronze statues or objects including chandeliers, candelabras or table lamps...
Drawing, I believe in charcoal, 12 3/4" by 18 1/2" inside the matting, framed, but no glass, signed at lower left "M. Moss" and dated "March '93", the subject a large wooden house on a lake surrounded by mountains, small boats tied up in front. I think this is American but I suppose it could also be English; I'm undecided..........though, the framing suggests would make me lean towards American, as the reverse was backed by the typically American wood slats with knotholes...
The superbly modeled alligator head jaw moves on its hinged mouth when its lever is pushed. The head is emerging from from marshy grasses waiting to catch its prey. The alligator is mounted on ebonized oval support which is held by a gilt bronze rococo plinth.
Overall condition is very good to near excellent though the gilt patination shows minor losses or fading. The base is late 18th / early 19th C. though the alligator dates later in the century...
EUGENE LAURENT(French 1832-1898)
Young Hercules and Allegory of Fall a pair
Parcel gilt bronze with dark brown patina
Both inscribed on base "E. Laurent"
Heights 12.75 inches (32.5 cm) and 12.5 inches (32 cm).
Exceptional Naturalistic Bronze Covered Compote, urn form with extremely fine decoration of bugs, leaves and flowers. Probably French, mid 19th Century.
Height 10"
AFTER CLODION, A PATINATED BRONZE YOUNG SAYTR AND PUTTO, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY. Raised on white marble pedestals with gilt bronze mounts. Each appear to have once been fitted with candle arms at verso. Height 12.75 inches (32.5 cm).
Exceptional Rattanakosin Bronze standing Buddha with alms bowl, 19th Century, Thailand. Richly incised robes and base with beautiful gilding, some traces of age
and patina wear around chin, neck and on back of neckline, but no breakage or repairs. Good condition, large/heavy specimen: H.100cm x W.35cm
INDIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A JINA, 19TH CENTURY well cast as a standing woman wearing a single necklace and a loincloth, with inlaid eyes, all atop a small square base
A very good bronze figure of a hound by Piere-Jules Mene (1810-1877). The hound stands alert look over his shoulder at the viewer. The rectangular base is well-textured with rocks and branches, typical of Mene's style. The shape of the base suggests that the casting is from Mene's own foundry and dates to the 1840s. The dogs is nicely detailed...
Original handcoloured etching and aquatint by T. Sutherland after William Heath.
Published by Jenkins, London March 1st, 1814.
Image size : 8.5" x 6".
Mounted size : 16" x 12".
Excellent condition. Shipping is FREE within the U.S.
Charles Mielatz, American, 1864-1919, Etching, "Pond with Rowboat", 1889, image size: 7 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches, pencil signed
Fine German Oil Portrait Circa 1880 Measuring 12x10” Done in Bavaria unsigned in a gold leaf frame measuring 17x16” work is signed lower left
Alphonse Legros, French, 1837-1911, "Le Voyageur a l'Abri," Etching and aquatint, image size 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches, Bliss 83, pencil signed, l.r "A. Legros", laid watermark paper, collectors stamp.
Robert E. Lee Watercolor Circa 1860s 8x11 inch a contemporary work when the Civil War was raging
Jose Rico y Cejudo (Spanish, 1864-1939)
Classical Figure with a Lyre
Oil on Panel, signed and retaining a paper label on the reverse
Painting: 14.5" x 8.5"
Frame: 20.5" x 15"
Jose Rico y Cejudo was born n Seville, Spain on March 27, 1864. He was the student of M. Ussel and J. Garcia Ramos at the School of Fine Arts in Seville. Eduardo Cano also played a role in the education of Cejudo as Cejudo would often pay visits to the artist'a studio. In 1888 he received a...
Antique French pencil drawing of a woman. This original portrait comes from an artists portfolio dated 1847. Presented in an exquisite French mat with finest quality 24k gold leaf frame. Image 14"L x 11"W. Framed size 23" L x 19" W
PAIR of oils on beveled edge thick wood pine panel, each 11 3/4" by 6 1/4" (and 1 7/8" wide silvery modern era frames), each signed at lower right in flowing script "MORA", not dated but likely circa 1880's to 1890's. There are a number of artists listed with this name but so far I can't definitively attribute these to one of them. The paintings are very sensitive, beautifully handled studies of two ladies of the countryside, one wearing a beautiful lace scarf, the other with a cloak around h...
Oil on beveled heavy oak panel painting of a man and a woman talking through the iron bars of a large wall opening of a residence compound, providing a view into more greenery beyond, potted flowering plants and vines framing the central imagery, 14 1/4" by 8 1/2", unframed, signed in red at lower right "F. GOMEZ SOLANO" and dated there 1891. This is a charming little gem of a painting with fine detail and wonderful handling of the Mediterranean sunlight and shadow. Rather surprisingly I am un...
"Notre Dame in Mourning" by Eugene-Louis Gillot (1868-1925) a magnificent Impressionist Oil Painting on Panel of Notre Dame by French painter Gillot, 24 x 28“, Water Gilded Gold Frame measuring 30 x 34“
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834-1903
American
This is an original etching by American artist James Whistler. The title is: "La Marchande de Moutarde" It was part of the series titled: "The French Set", published and printed in 1858. This etching is signed lower left corner of the image, printed on a thin Japan type laid paper. According to the Glascow catalog this is state V/V before the plates cancellation. The image measures 6 1/4X3 1/2 inches.
A magnificent master work in oil by artist measuring
He began as a student in the workshops of Jean-Léon Gérôme, then signed a contract with the art dealers, Goupil & Cie, to produce drawings for reproduction as prints, creating genre scenes of everyday life that proved to be quite popular. His first exhibit at the Salon came in 1864.[1]
During the Paris Commune, he became friends with the writer, Émile Bergerat, who recalls in his memoirs that Pinchart occasionally worked as a butcher,...