Pair of 19th Century Portraits by C. Stoitzner, Austria

A refined oil painting of a lying dog. Signed bottom right, signature not clearly legible. A. Tschoffen? Painted with oil paint on canvas. The old canvas is covered on the backside ...

Jeremie DELSAUX. Glain, Belgium 1852 - Liège 1927. An antique oil painting on canvas, a portrait of a young girl with a hairbow. It was painted by Jeremie DELSAUX and dated 1896. Oi...

An antique painting of a (probably) black terrier on a chair. It is signed and dated lower left, Charles Van Den Eycken, 1896. It is painted on ...

Impressionist painting by the Swiss painter Jeanniot. It is oil on a mahogany panel, the painting is signed in the lower left and dated 1884. On the back is a label, presumably stuc...

An oil painting of two rustic dogs fighting over a piece of food. It is painted on an oak panel. Signed top left. The signature is a bit faded, it's a monogram J.S. by Joseph Stevens. He often signed with a monogram. In a gilded frame frame with gesso moldings. Dimensions frame: 41 x 47 cm Dimensions painting: 17 x 23 cm. Joseph Stevens is the older brother of the very well-known artist Alfred Stevens. In the book 'The Belgian Art Book' by J. de Geest, it is written that Joseph Stevens has given a new dimension to painting animals. Joseph Stevens is an early representative of realism and social art. While Eugene Verboeckhoven has royal dogs pose on a beautifully embroidered cushion, Joseph Stevens already has an eye for the dark side of animal existence: exploitation by man, who in turn is a victim of society. His first successful painting, Brussels in the morning, shows how miserable dogs and poor people suffer the same fate. In the Sandman, Stevens shows a joint effort of man and dog, in which the viewer cannot ignore the social conditions: exhausting labor at dawn in some suburb. The gray sky and monochromy of the suburb add to the sinister atmosphere. Joseph Stevens was one of the first artists to take the urban proletariat as his subject. Stevens enjoys a very high reputation in his Parisian years. His brother Alfred writes: 'I am of this time, but you, Joseph, you are of the race, and thus you are of all times.' French critics agree. Stevens' works are a source of inspiration for the literature of the time. For example, Beaudelaire writes a poem about Stevens' dogs. Joseph Edouard STEVENS. Belgium, 1819-1892 Stevens was a painter, etcher and engraver. Brother of the gifted painter Afred Stevens. Education at the Academy in Brussels (1834-1835). Debuted at the Salon in Brussels in 1842. Continued his career in Paris in 1852. He was primarily the painter of canvases depicting domestic animals (dogs, monkeys, horses), sometimes in curious, even idiosyncratic situations, and far from romanticism. This realism, of which he was one of the pioneers, earned him the interest of critics and intellectuals. His approach was defined by this contemporary realism that eschewed idealized depictions of animals as heroic emblems of nobility. Rather, Stevens emphasized the ordinary animals of everyday life, with a particular focus on working dogs, stray dogs and all of the mutts that wandered the streets of Brussels. Museums and public collections, including' Royal Museum of Fine Arts Brussels, Ghent, Hamburg, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Rouen, Musee des Beaux-Arts. Stuttgart, State Gallery. King Leopold...

An antique gouache (watercolor) painting of a basket with flowers, painted on paper. Signed right under; D. Seydlitz. Origin unclear, probably Belgium, around 1870-1880. In a gold leaf gilded frame...

19th Century Politicians in the Tavern C. Stoitzner, 1863-1934 Oil on wood, four older, debating politicians. Signed on the reverse: "Politician in the t...

A pair of 19th century French portraits depicting a bourgeois husband and wife. Signed E. Bourgeois. From the town of Autun in Burgundy. ...

Pair of portraits, husband and wife 19th century oil on canvas inscribed and dated 1838 wax relined in giltwood frames.

Pair of portraits on ivory. Old renascentist portraits on ivory plate with golden wooden frame. Each measures: 21x21 and 11x11 cm. Good condition.

Pair of vintage oil paintings, circa 19th century in gilded frames.

Painting "Portrait of an Ancestor", 19th century Dimensions: Frame height 134 cm, width 112.5 cm The painting height 102 cm, width 80 cm.