Melissa F. Sanchez

Interior, Oil Painting on Copper, Realism, Florence, Classical Painting

2021

Looking to Paris 2024 Steven will most likely be on the USA Olympic Boxing Team. Oil on Canvas 30 x 30 Framed This is an original oil painting from emerging Miami artist Carlos Antonio Rancaño...

Melissa F. Sanchez has created a series of paintings inspired by her new home in Fiesole which is near Florence. The Duomo in central Florence is featured in...

Morning Drink, 12x16 oil on paper on panel . Also shown in images are two other available paintings. Julian Tejera is a contemporary realist from New ...

Checking the Numbers 16 x 12 oil. Framed. Also shown in images are two other available paintings. Julian Tejera is a contemporary realist from New Jer...

This retablo was purchased by the gallery in Mexico City. I knew the family that sold the retablo to me. It is dated 1853 because the story on the retablo was passed down for generations and a relative of Lourdes painted it in her memory. The description on the ex-voto reads: "Thanks to the Virgen of San Juan de los Lagos that I have a new job with my new bosses. That they like my food and they don't mind what I prepare for them. " It is in excellent condition. It is framed behind conservatorship glass. The framed size is 14" x 15". The class should only be cleaned with ammonia free cleaner. An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or to a divinity; the term is usually restricted to Christian examples. It is given in fulfillment of a vow (hence the Latin term, short for ex voto suscepto, "from the vow made") or in gratitude or devotion. Ex-votos are placed in a church or chapel where the worshiper seeks grace or wishes to give thanks. The destinations of pilgrimages often include shrines decorated with ex-votos. Ex-votos can take a wide variety of forms. They are not only intended for the helping figure, but also as a testimony to later visitors of the received help. As such they may include texts explaining a miracle attributed to the helper, or symbols such as a painted or modeled reproduction of a miraculously healed body part, or a directly related item such as a crutch given by a person formerly lame. There are places where a very old tradition of depositing ex-votos existed, such as Abydos in ancient Egypt. Especially in the Latin world, there is a tradition of votive paintings...

This retablo was purchased by the gallery in Mexico City. I knew the family that sold this retablo to me. The writing says" August 8,1944,I give thanks...

Wonderful genre painting from 18th Century of pipe smoker. Signed lower right edge with monogram "I I E". Oil paint on copper. Condition: good: minor wear/rubbing from frame's rabbet...

Description: Antonio Maria Fabres (1854-1936) was a Spanish painter known for his exquisite artworks depicting historical and Orientalist themes. Born in Barcelona, Fabres displayed ...

Parisian Chandeliers by Lesley Ann Derks [2017] original Oil and enamel on canvas Image size: H:40 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:...

Sydney By Night by Lesley Ann Durks [2014] original oil and enamel on canvas Image size: H:80 cm x W:120 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:80 cm x W:120 cm x D:4.5cm Sold Unframe...

Parisian Chandeliers by Lesley Ann Derks [2017] original Oil and enamel on canvas Image size: H:40 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:...

Lucas Bononi was educated at Academy of Art University, San Francisco (2012 - 16) and Grand Central Atelier, New York (2017 - 2018). His work explores the mystery of ontology through...