La Vain
River landscape with mill, 1839 by Per Wickenberg (1812 - 1846)
Located in Gent, VOV
clientele and was able to obtain a larger studio on rue de la Bienfaisance in Paris. In 1838, he won a gold
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Businessman
By Honoré Daumier
Located in PARIS, FR
father tried in vain to divert him, by first placing him with a bailiff. In 1822, he became the protégé
Category
20th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sunset, an emblematic painting by Théodore Rousseau inspired by Barbizon
By Théodore Rousseau
Located in PARIS, FR
another, no less academic, master, the history painter Guillon-Lethière (1760-1832). In 1829 he vainly
Category
Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mahogany, Oil
Mellerio Paris, A French Gold, Diamonds, Silver, and Smoky Quartz Carved Horse
By Mellerio
Located in New York, NY
years, as the House, established on rue de la Paix in Paris, still lives on today, still in the hands of
Category
20th Century French Mounted Objects
Materials
Jade, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold, Silver
H 10.5 in W 8.5 in D 4 in
Mellerio Paris, French Gold, Diamonds, Silver, Lapis, and Obsidian Polo Player
By Mellerio dits Meller
Located in New York, NY
grow over the years, as the House, established on rue de la Paix in Paris, still lives on today, still
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Diamond, Emerald, Rock Crystal, Gold, Silver
Mellerio Paris, a French Gold, Diamonds, Silver, and Smoky Quartz Carved Horse
By Mellerio dits Meller
Located in New York, NY
House, established on rue de la Paix in Paris, still lives on today, still in the hands of the same
Category
20th Century French Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Turquoise, Ruby, Rock Crystal, Jade, Diamond, Amethyst, Silver, ...
H 10.5 in D 4 in L 8.5 in
Mellerio Paris, A French Gold, Diamond, Silver-Gilt, Rock-Crystal, & Lapis Horse
By Mellerio
Located in New York, NY
the years, as the House, established on rue de la Paix in Paris, still lives on today, still in the
Category
20th Century French Mounted Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Rock Crystal, Gold, Silver
H 10 in W 9 in D 4 in
Mellerio Paris, a French Gold, Diamond, Silver-Gilt, Rock-Crystal, & Lapis Horse
By Mellerio Paris
Located in New York, NY
the years, as the House, established on rue de la Paix in Paris, still lives on today, still in the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Rock Crystal, Gold, Silver
H 10 in W 9 in L 4 in
"Ce Matin Avant l'Aurore, " Original Lithograph Genre Scene by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
temps de sommeiller ?
De ton Papa c’est la fête,
Fais lui quelque don flatteur
En lui posant sur la
Category
1830s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hand-colored Lithograph Signed Death Dark Imagery 1800's Historical Old Master
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Histoire Ancienne (Plate No. 49), La Mort de Sapho 2nd State (rare) Delteil #973" is a hand
Category
1840s Romantic Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Une Application Utile du Diamant Magnetiseur--Actualites" by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
artistic profession, which his father vainly tried to check by placing him first with a huissier, and
Category
1860s Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Robert Macaire Commis Voyageur, " Original Lithograph by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
vainly tried to check by placing him first with a huissier, and subsequently with a bookseller. Having
Category
1830s Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Robert Macaire Banquier et Jure, " Original Lithograph by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
artistic profession, which his father vainly tried to check by placing him first with a huissier, and
Category
1830s Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Deux Ex Capacites de l'Ancien Regime-Profils Contemporains" by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
irresistible inclination towards the artistic profession, which his father vainly tried to check by placing him
Category
1840s Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Nouveau Costume Des Cochers-Actualites, " Lithograph by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
artistic profession, which his father vainly tried to check by placing him first with a huissier, and
Category
1860s Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Caricatura Robert Macaire Negociant, " Lithograph by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
abandonne: En traites sur la maison Bertrand Wormspire et Cie……. un million. En une créance sur le
Category
1830s Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Fiacre au Cheval Blanc, Pont St. Michel – Paris
By François Gall
Located in Farmers Branch, TX
Deauville, Trouville, the Attic Salt Honfleur, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Arcachon, Nice, Cannes etc. … are also
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alexander Grant, Dans Mam'zelle Angot
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ashton then created for him: as the capering halfwit Alain in La Fille mal gardée (1960), and Bottom the
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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Lifesize Pair of Original French Bronze Sculptures of Herons- Moigniez
By Jules Moigniez
Located in New York City, NY
This important and unusual pair of life size French 19th century Blue Herons are realistically depicted with the two birds foraging in their natural environment. One large Heron is h...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Statues
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Ormolu Mounted Malachite French Vases after a design by Galberg
By Ekaterinburg Faceting Factory, Russia
Located in London, GB
A pair of ormolu mounted malachite Ekaterinburg vases after a design by I.I. Galberg
French, 20th century
Height 51cm, diameter 32cm
Crafted to a design by the prestigious architect...
Category
20th Century Russian Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
18th Century sporting horse portrait oil painting of a race horse and groom
By Francis Sartorius
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Francis Sartorius
British, (1734-1804)
Bay Hunter & Groom
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 24.25 inches x 29.25 inches
Size including frame: 32 inches x 37 inches
A wonderful spor...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Huge C Jere Style Brass Brutalist Leaf Wall Art Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Huge two piece brass brutalist torch cut metalwork tree branch and leaf wall art sculpture. The two wall art pieces were designed to be configured in many different ways for maximum ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass
17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Oval Shape Figures in Tavern Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tavern Interior
Dutch School, 17th century
oil on metal, framed
framed: 8 x 6.75 inches
painting: 6 x 4.25 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condit...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ascension
By Russian School
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This rare early 19th Century 'Icon of the Ascension' has beautiful features rich colors and an uplifting scene with a classical composition. The original reposse' pot silver frame e...
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Style of Nodding Pagoda Figures
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A large rare pair of 19th century Meissen Chinoiserie style Nodding Pagoda Figures with Movable Head, Hand and Tongue, known as a "Nodder'. This Unusual and Highly Detailed Novelty s...
Category
Antique 1850s German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 12 in W 12 in D 12 in
The Cottage, A Rural Idyll, Large Scale French Country Landscape. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large scale oil on canvas landscape painting of a thatched cottage with a far view to a church spire beyond a lake by Percy. The painting is signed bottom right and is presented in...
Category
Late 20th Century Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 26.38 in W 50.01 in D 1.19 in
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Baccarat Chandelier
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze (Ormolu) and fitted-Baccarat crystal (cut-glass) twenty-six-light figural chandelier with five large cher...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Belle Époque Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Belle Époque Bergère Attributed to Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare pair of French 19th-20th century "Belle Époque" Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted bergéres armchairs, each with an arched-back gilt bronze-mounted fram...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Bergere Chairs
Materials
Ormolu
H 39.25 in W 29.5 in D 29.5 in
Edward F. Caldwell, An Extremely Fine and Rare Ormolu-Mounted Malachite Clock
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Edward F. Caldwell and Co., An extremely fine and rare American ormolu-mounted malachite clock with the prince of wales's feathers, circa early 20th century
The shape, design, and...
Category
Early 20th Century American Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
No Reserve
H 21 in W 9 in D 7 in
Cattle with Windmills (Large Framed 20th Century Antique Watercolor Landscape)
Located in New Orleans, LA
I apologize for the reflections in the glass of this watercolor. At any rate, it's a large scene of cattle grazing in a field, presumably in Holland, with windmills in the distance. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century pair of seascape oil paintings of fishing boats on the shore
By Hubert Thornley
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
**PLEASE NOTE: EACH PAINTING INCLUDING THE FRAME MEASURES 14.5 INCHES X 20.5 INCHES**
Hubert Thornley
British, (exh. 1858 -1898)
A Misty Morning & Moonlight, Rochester
Oil on canvas...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 14.5 in W 20.5 in D 2 in
Mallorca oil on cardboard painting impressionism spanish seascape
By Joaquin Terruella Matilla
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquin Terruella Matilla (1891-1957) - Landscape - Oil cardboard
Oil measures 10x14 cm.
Frame measures 20x25 cm.
Joaquim Terruella Matilla (1891 - 1957)
Joaquim Terruella Matilla,...
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
A Rare and Exquisite French Ormolu and Porcelain Clock, attributed to Deniere
By Maison Deniere
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Exquisite French Ormolu Bronze and Porcelain Clock, attributed to Jean Francois Deniere,
circa 1810.
This large and elaborate clock is made of the finest quality ormolu ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
H 21.5 in W 12 in D 6 in
Larger-Than-Life Patinated Bronze Bust of President William H. Taft
By Frederick Ernst Triebel 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and larger-than-life and very realistic museum quality patinated bronze bust of President William H. Taft (1857–1930) by Frederick Ernst Triebel (American, 1865-1944) cas...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian American Classical Busts
Materials
Bronze
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Portrait "I have good tobacco in my snuffbox", Yolande de la Rochefoucauld
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Portrait "J'ai du bon tabac dans ma tabatière" (I have good tobacco in my snuffbox) - Yolande de la
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 65.36 in W 55.52 in D 7.88 in
Heaven Shangri-La Series - Sun Guangyi Ink on Rice Paper Abstract Painting
Located in Milano, IT
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"All day long I looked in vain for a sign of Spring
My grass shoes
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper
Heaven Shangri-La Series - Sun Guangyi Ink on Rice Paper Abstract Painting
Located in Milano, IT
Return to Shangri-La- Heaven
"All day long I looked in vain for a sign of Spring
My grass shoes
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper
Heaven Shangri-La Series - Sun Guangyi Ink on Rice Paper Abstract Painting
Located in Milano, IT
Return to Shangri-La- Heaven
"All day long I looked in vain for a sign of Spring
My grass shoes
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper
Heaven Shangri-La Series - Sun Guangyi Ink on Rice Paper Abstract Painting
Located in Milano, IT
Return to Shangri-La- Heaven
"All day long I looked in vain for a sign of Spring
My grass shoes
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper
Heaven Shangri-La Series - Sun Guangyi Ink on Rice Paper Abstract Painting
Located in Milano, IT
Return to Shangri-La- Heaven
"All day long I looked in vain for a sign of Spring
My grass shoes
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper
Rug, 20th Century, Art Deco Period by Edouard Benedictus
By Edouard Benedictus
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
vaines, et l'oriente vers la chimie. Le jeune-Homme va étudier à Darmstadt, en Allemagne, sans pour
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Large 19th Century French Oil Painting. Paris Salon 1845. Jean de la Fontaine.
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
– which depicts the denouement of the story of ‘Friar Philip’s Geese’ by Jean de la Fontaine – is signed
Category
1840s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Charles Baudelaire
Located in New York, NY
Portrait for "La Galerie Contemporaine" by Etienne Carjat. Woodburytype print with artist's
Category
1860s Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper
Vintage Andy Warhol photograph (Andy Warhol superstar Jackie Curtis)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
actress, Curtis debuted at the age of 17 in Tom Eyen's play Miss Neferititi Regrets produced in 1965 at La
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 8 in W 10 in D 0.1 in
"Types Praisiens L.D. 577, " original lithograph by Honore Daumier
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
towards the artistic profession, which his father vainly tried to check by placing him first with a
Category
1840s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 17.25 in W 18.125 in
Portrait of Marie Mancini Holding a String of Pearls, Old Master Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
17th and 18th century old master paintings. It was exhibited at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Die Fabeln des Jean de La Fontaine and Die Erzählungen des Jean de La Fontaine
By Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen, Jean de La Fontaine, Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Located in valatie, NY
1.) Die Fabeln des Jean de La Fontaine (The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine) Munich: Georg Müller
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Books
Materials
Paper
H 8.75 in W 5.75 in D 2.5 in
Vintage Andy Warhol photograph c.1980
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
actress, Curtis debuted at the age of 17 in Tom Eyen's play Miss Neferititi Regrets produced in 1965 at La
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
17th Century Huge French Old Master Painting Perseus on Pegasus with Andromeda
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
beautiful but vain queen, Cassiope; she maintained that her beauty, and that of her daughter Andromeda, was
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bird Under The Sun Picasso Ceramic Madoura Ramie 174
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Boca Raton, FL
-Thérèse Walter and fathered a daughter with her, named Maya. Marie-Thérèse lived in the vain hope that
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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H 6.3 in W 6.3 in D 2 in
Bird Under The Sun Ramie 174 Picasso Madoura Ceramic
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Boca Raton, FL
-Thérèse Walter and fathered a daughter with her, named Maya. Marie-Thérèse lived in the vain hope that
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen “Organic Chair” Model No. A3501, 1950, USA
By Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
“Wire Shell” and “La Fonda” on these competition designs. Saarinen referred to them when he developed
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Plywood
H 33.67 in W 28.94 in D 25.79 in
19th Century Bronze Sculpture of Maiden, titled "Virginie"
Located in Washington, DC
artificial, vain sentimentality of the French upper class on the eve of the French Revolution. Bernardin de
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 20 in W 10 in D 10 in
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