All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1464328 (stock #a1851)
A nice English c1795 miniature of a gent wearing a white shirt and ascot, with a red waistcoat and black jacket. The reverse of the gilded metal case has a a central fabric section set into an opalescent surround over guilloche work. Excellent condition with an overall size of 2 5/8" by 2 1/8".
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1800 item #1487893 (stock #CH37)
Antique silver Greek Orthodox double-sided, carved wood blessing cross, Greece, Holy Mount Athos, 18th century (1700-1800 A.D.).

The front is finely carved with an image of Christ crucified on the cross. Above the crucifixion scene, there is a divine eye that adds a touch of emotional and spiritual depth to the artwork.

The reverse is finely carved with a standing, robed figure of the Mother of God. The cross is enclosed in a silver casing that adds elegance and durability...

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1386748
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$125.00
Fine 18th c Engraving the text is faint so we haven't been able to get information on it. matted 14" by 18" NOTE the last 3 images were heavily altered to attempt to make the text legible.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #821398 (stock #5968)
A vintage, original dated hand tinted copper plate stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi dated 1786. This print measures 11" x 8-3/8" (imprint size) and it is in a later (c.1900) painted and gilt 14-3/4" x 11-3/4" frame. It has the following inscriptions: "Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds", London. Published Dec 12th 1786 by E.M. Diemar, No. 114 Strand, and "Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Engraver to His Majesty...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1142459
William Woollett, British, 1735-1785, "Solitude," Engraving by William Woollett after the painting by R. Wilson, image size 15 1/4 x 21 inches, published June 4 1778, titled "Solitude" with a remarque of a shield in the lower center margin. This is a rare early proof before additional lettering.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1800 item #1479213 (stock #3413)
A beautiful oil on panel 18th century French Rocco in the era of Louis XIV portrait of a noblewoman measuring 12” x 10” with an associated 20th century gold leaf Rocco frame measuring 17” x 15”
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Pre 1800 item #1448158 (stock #2311)
L'Enfant Gallery
$22,000.00
French artist François-Joseph Duret 1729-1816, bronze Sculpture of Eleutherios ("the liberator") or Bacchus with a Lute. Extremely important work with signature also of Delafontaine foundry. Françoise-Joseph Duret (12 November 1729 – 7 August 1816) was a French sculptor. He was the father and teacher of Francisque Joseph Duret. Born at Valenciennes, the son of Charles Durez, of Spanish origin, Duret was prince of the Academy of St...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1800 item #1437159 (stock #834)
L'Enfant Gallery
$11,000.00
Dutch Interior Scene, Unsigned, 17th Century, Oil on wood panel,measuring 15" x 25", Frame Size 20 x 28",
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1382152 (stock #a1661)
Signed J.J. and dated 1772 on the lower right, this watercolor on wafer shows an obviously well-off woman attired in the latest finery, and with an elaborate hairdo with a lace cap.

Excellent condition, with no flaws to speak of, and measuring 1 1/2" by 1 1/4"...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1800 item #1418257 (stock #JB01758)
Watercolor on paper painting, 18" by 12 3/8" (24" by 18" as framed), unsigned, the subject classic red roses, buds and leaves, all in a pleasing vintage gold frame which is in very good condition, with just a little bit of loss at bottom margin. The painting likely dates to the late 19th or early 20th century. It has survived in fine shape, with no foxing nor water stains. If you fancy the Shabby Chic style, this is a natural.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #977446
Nicholas-Barthelemy Francois Dequevauviller, French, 1745-1807, engraving after Vernet, "Le Phare", image size: 10 x 13 9/16 inches, sheet size: 18 7/8 x 24 3/4 inches
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1800 item #1482867 (stock #3545)
L'Enfant Gallery
$27,000.00
A very fine Spanish early 16th century carved wood santos of Christ with original paint measuring about 48”
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1420307
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$345.00
King David playing the harp, as a angel holds an open book before him, and another holds a gigantic sword while writing in a book; after Domenichino Engraving 1718-1729 12.2" by 9" trimmed water stain as sen on back. For the same image see The British Museum collection donated in 1919.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1452012 (stock #a1785)
An excellently painted miniature portrait of a gentleman, rendered by Thomas Richmond in watercolor on organic wafer. The sitter, with powdered hair, is attired in a black coat, matching waistcoat, and a frilled white shirt and stock.

Presented in a gilt metal frame, with printed interior scene on the reverse. The condition is excellent, with strong colors and no issues. Any white specks in the photo are dust motes...

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1356708
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$125.00
Engraving "The natives of Otaheite Attacking Capt Wallis" C1780 . Copper plate London 1780 engraving size 8" by 6.75"
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1360482 (stock #a1556)
Painted in watercolor on organic material, this fine example of Wood's work depicts an older man with blue eyes and pigtailed hair dressed in a black jacket with gold buttons, and a white vest and stock. Housed in its original case, with the glazed reverse having fancy hairwork over a on a white glass backing.

The painting is in excellent condition, with no cracks, bowing, or paint loss...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1362794 (stock #a1616)
A nicely done portrait miniature of a gentleman, executed in watercolor on natural organic material. Housed in its original ebonized wood frame which has an interesting musical motif as the hanger base.

No condition issues for either the painting or the frame. Sight size is 2 7/8" by 2 1/4", and the framed size is 4 3/4" by 4 1/4".

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1800 item #1451665
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$765.00
18th c Venetian View of the Church of RR. PP of the Madonna di Seru, hand water colored engraving by Domenico Lovisa known for his "Venduta" views of Venice . Good condition for its age hand hand colored and matted . Image paper is 19" by 25" there are slight tears at paper edge from handling. see images.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #977465
Gerard Audran, European, 1640-1703, engraving, "The Martyrdom of St. Agnes", image size: 26 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches, prov. J.W. Randall collection #. 4022. A 17th Century impression.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1800 item #1447057 (stock #2123)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,500.00
Mezzotint lower left in plate: Tho. Gainsborough Pinxt.; lower center in plate: To His Royal Highness GEORGE Prince of Wales. This Plate of Col. St. Leger; is most humbly Inscribed / by His Highness' dutifull Servant, G. Dupont. / Publish'd as the Act directs, May 4th., 1783, by G. Dupont, No 87, Pall Mall.; lower right in plate: G. Dupont Sculpt. 26x17” professionally mounted in a beautiful frame museum quality........
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1417979 (stock #JB01482)
Engraving on paper, the sheet 16 1/8" by 19" (18" by 20 1/2" as framed), the subject a bewigged magistrate type at his desk, surrounded by a salon of 18th century folk, the title line underneath beginning with "Here Justice Triumphs in his Elbow Chair.......". This is a moralizing work by one of the most famous satirists and social commentators of all time, WILLIAM HOGARTH of England (1697-1764)...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #867255
Nicholas Dorigny, European, 1657-1746, Engraving after Zampeire from the fresco in the church of St. Andrew della Valle at Rome, "Saint Luke", image size: 22 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches, plate size: 24 3/8 x 17 3/4 inches, Prov. JW Randal: 2528
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Tempera : Pre 1800 item #1416439 (stock #JB0250)
Interesting and rare north Indian gouache and ink drawing with text, circa 1700's, by an anonymous artist working in India in the classic style. Measuring 4 1/2" by 10 5/8" (14 3/8" by 23 1/2" as professionally framed), this is a work that should be of considerable interest to the collector of Indian drawings. The work is detailed to the extreme, in the manner of Indian art, and the age is obvious...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1423323 (stock #JB03583)
Hand colored stipple engraving botanical print, titled "LONICERA Alpigena", and "CHEVREFEUILLE Alpigene" in French (a type of honeysuckle), after the highly important Belgian-born botanical artist of the late years of the 18th century and early years of the 19th, PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTE (1759-1840)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1463379 (stock #a1830)
Considering all the feathers and foliage, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a bird actually living in the mass of ostrich feathers, flowers, and upswept hair of the blue-eyed sitter. This late 18th century miniature is in excellent condition and is presented in a 1 5/8" by 1 3/8" gold bracelet clasp.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Francisca Efigenia Meléndez y Durazzo, sometimes given as Francisca Meléndez de Múquiz (1770–1825) was a Spanish miniaturist and pastellist. She was the daughter of J...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1800 item #1454316 (stock #503)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,000.00
“Gentlemen in a Blue Jacket” is we believe an oil painting in a baroque style that of Peter Paul Rubens. The work measures
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1800 item #1443837 (stock #1115)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,000.00
. Bretherton “Moses” etching 1783 measuring 11x15”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1462395 (stock #a1813)
A fine portrait miniature attributed to John Downman, although Charles Hayter is a secondary possibility. Simply attired in a white gown, and with powdered hair, the sitter is shown with a pensive and somewhat downcast expression. Presented in a gold frame, the glazed reverse having a plaited hair border and a hairwork wheat-sheaf with seed pearls on opalescent glass. The condition is excellent, and the overall size is 3" by 2 3/8".

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: John Downman (1750 - 1824), born in W...

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1458722
For your high-end traditional interior, an impressive beautifully framed mid 18th century hand colored copper engraving of a species of duck, by the noted German artist known for his ornithological artwork, JOHANN MICHAEL SELIGMANN (1720-1762). Seligmann in his work "Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltener Vögel" ("Collection of various foreign and rare birds") of 1749, which included plates based on works of pioneering natural history artists Mark Catesby (1683-1749) and George Edw...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Metal : Pre 1800 item #1461435 (stock #2600)
L'Enfant Gallery
$19,000.00
Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Delafontaine 1750-1820 Paris Foundary bronze sculpture of the God Of Wine, Bacchus measuring 36” in height and 13” depth, 16” width. The work is signed
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1318467
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$445.00
Capt Cook Voyage Engraving "The inside of a Hippa New Zealand" 1790 9 by 14.5 trimmed . the Third Voyage of Captain Cook. Medium: Engraving Year: published in 1790 Size: Plate mark: 8.5 x 14.25 inches. Sheet: 9.5 x 15.25 inches Description: Landscape engraved by S. Middiman, figures engraved by J. Hall. Drawing by John Webber
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1389053 (stock #a1679)
A fine and charming portrait miniature with an unusual and exceptional reverse. The sitter is a sweet woman painted in an ethereal manner. She is wearing pearl earrings and a cream gown with a pair of roses at the low point of the neckline. There is a lace fichu with a double blue line at the border. The background is done in a grayish green color.

The case is of gilt floral form, with the reverse being testudines with a large inset area of sterling silver, the initials "GU" engraved in the ce...

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1800 item #1441543 (stock #273)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,200.00
German Botanical Colored Etching “Gloriosa” measuring 10 x 14“ frame size 17 x 20“
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1800 item #1475925 (stock #3161)
L'Enfant Gallery
$7,500.00
FLEMISH SEVENTEENTH CENTURY OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING depicting the Crucifixion of Christ., in the circle of Peter Paul Rubens, Measuring 18” x14”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1369495 (stock #a1633)
A miniature portrait, painted in watercolor on organic wafer, depicting a gentleman with powdered hair, a deep blue jacket, and a white shirt and tie.

The miniature is housed in a period, heavy gilt bronze frame which in and of itself has a good amount of intrinsic value.. Neither the painting nor the frame have any condition issues. Sight size is 2 1/8" by 1 5/8", with a frame size of 5 5/8" by 3 1/4".

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1466525 (stock #a1891)
A strong English portrait miniature on natural wafer that will cause you to see spots before your eyes. However, they are on a high-necked dress worn by this woman whose attire also features a cap or wide headband. The reverse of the 2 1/2" by 2 1/8" gilt metal case has interwoven plaits of hair. Excellent condition.