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Item Ships From: Canada
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Fine Neo Classical Georgian Period White Statuary and Siena Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
Exquisite Georgian period , white statuary and siena marble fireplace mantel, featuring beautifully carved Neo-Classical attributes , the center cartouche depicting a cherub Cupid pl...
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1780s English Georgian Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble
Important Neo-Classical Georgian Period White Statuary and Siena Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
Important Georgian period fireplace mantel, white statuary marble and inset with Siena . The finely carved Neo -Classical attributes featuring a central cartouche relief cavings of a...
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1770s English Georgian Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble
18th Century Imperial Russian Gilt Bronze, Brass and Mahogany Display Cabinet
By Christian Meyer
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional late 18th century Imperial Russian empire bookcase or display cabinet in the finest figured mahogany richly inlaid and mounted with gilded brass and gilt bronze. The bookcase is characteristic of the Russian "Jacob" style which was fashionable in the late 18th and early 19th century in France. The overall design however owes more to the work of David Roentgen than it does to the Jacob...
Category
Late 18th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
French Ormulu Mounted Chinese Vases
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French, 18th century, Louis XV, ormolu mounted pair of Chinese teacups. In an age when France was enamored of all things oriental, fine Chinese porcelain...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Period Cherrywood Commode with Verde Antico Marble Top
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XVI period cherrywood commode with Verde Antico marble top and decorated with brass handles and diamond-shaped locks.
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Cherry
French Giltwood Canapé Attributed to Georges Jacob
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rare and exceptional piece. This large and beautiful sofa is a fine example of the work of famed menuisier Georges Jacob (6 July 1739 – 5 July 1814), who was one of the two most prom...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Giltwood
Rare English Georgian Oak Lemon Squeezer Crush with Base & Brass Insignia Plate
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare lemon squeezer from the Georgian period. A must have not to be seen again in remarkable original condition down to the hinge and with original insert,
circa 1790-1810.
Category
Late 18th Century European Georgian Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Oak
18th Century Dutch 'Utrecht' Longcase or Grandfather Clock by W.V. Dadelbeek
By W.V. Dadelbeek
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A walnut, burr-walnut and inlaid Dutch longcase clock by W.V Dadelbeek, Utrecht. The case of typical form, trunk door with feather banding, bombe ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Louis XV Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Walnut
A Fine 18th Century Georgian Sterling Silver Gravy Boat, London 1774
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good & heavy 18th century Georgian sterling silver gravy boat, having a very ample bellied body engraved one one side with a...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
English 18th Century Sheraton Pembroke Drop Leaf Table
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A Classic Georgian English Pembroke table with a single drawer to one side with lock and flaps on either side that can be raised by brackets on hinges (known as “elbows”) to increase...
Category
Late 18th Century English Sheraton Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique German Furstenberg Porcelain Coffee Pot
By Furstenberg Porcelain
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique German porcelain coffee pot was made by the Furstenberg Works factory in circa 1760 in the period Rococo style. This coffee pot is d...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century French Louis XV Boulle and Gilt Bronze Bracket Clock
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A Period Louis XV Boulle mantle clock The case is inlaid with brass and is further decorated with Rococo scrollwork and gilded bronze mounts. The det...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Bronze
A Rare George I Sterling Silver 'Rat-Tail' Marrow Scoop / Spoon, London 1721
By William Spackman
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A rare George I sterling silver marrow scoop, showing an elongated bowl at either end of the flattened stem - the heel on the underside of the larger bowl showing a 'rat tail' elemen...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare 17/18th Century Dutch Silvered Bronze Candelabra
Located in Montreal, QC
Important 17/18th century Dutch silvered bronze four lights candelabra featuring an overall "punched " surface decorations .
Gear gauge and ...
Category
Early 1700s Dutch Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Handcrafted Wedding or Apprentice Chest or Box with Drawer
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This early George the 3rd era and styled handcrafted wooden miniature blanket box is unsigned by presumed to have been made in England in circa 1790. T...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel
18 Century English Sheraton George III Satinwood Cabinet Bookcase, circa 1785
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A classic period Sheraton English satinwood and tulipwood China display case or bookcase the upper section with dentil cornice above a pair of astra...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century Etching of Westminster Bridge, London
Located in Montreal, Quebec
18th century etching of Westminster Bridge, London, giltwood frame, marked 1753, hand-colored.
Dimensions (framed): 24” W x 17.5” H x 0.5” D
...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Paper, Wood
French Restauration Period Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Lyre Clock
By Lamy
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A high quality Restauration period mahogany and gilt bronze lyre mantel (fireplace) clock in the shape of a lyre. The mahogany case is highly decorated in ...
Category
Early 18th Century French Restauration Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Four Antique Italian Extreme Erotica Hand Painted Pottery Tiles of Monks & Nuns
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of four antique hand painted pottery tiles are all unsigned, so no specific artist can be identified, but are presumed to have be...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Late 18th Century French Marble and Gilt Bronze Clock
By Jean-Simon Deverberie
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine example of a late 18th century Directoir marble and gilt bronze clock after a model by Deverberie. The dial is signed a Paris but the maker is not known. The clock sits on...
Category
Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare Pair of George I Britannia Silver .958 Fine Table Spoons, London 1719
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A rare pair of George I Britannia Standard Silver (.958 fine) Hanoverian ‘Rat-Tail’ tablespoons.
The underside of the bowls showing a 'rat tail' heel, the stem stamped with London hallmarks with date letter for 1719, maker’s marks rubbed.
(Britannia Standard Silver has a silver content of .958 parts pure silver which is greater than sterling silver which has a silver content of .925 parts pure silver.
The Britannia Standard was put into effect in by an Act of British Parliament...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Britannia Standard Silver
French Louis XVI Low Caned Fireside Slipper Chair, 18th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI low caned fireside slipper chair, 18th century.
This very rare and exceptional low chair is very old, and has withstood the test of time in a remarkably good state, with a minor loss to the base of the caning in a lower corner of the back (see picture). The caning has a lovely pattern. This low, deep chair was probably a fireside chair. However small metal bolts in the back suggest that it may have at some point been attached, possibly to a vehicle or to some kind of carrying device.
It is beautiful and highly decorative. Though it is quite comfortable, we do not recommend it be used for seating to protect the antique caned seat...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Cane, Wood
19th Century French Neoclassical Bronze "Porte Montre" or Pocket Watch Holder
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine quality neoclassical watch holder "porte montre" (in french) in patinated bronze featuring a classically draped Roman emperor sitting upon an outcr...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Period Figurative Bisque Clock
By Jean-Simon Deverberie
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century French Louis XVI bisque shepherdess mantel clock. The tableau modelled in bisque porcelain (unglazed porcelain), showing a shepherdess on the left holding her sho...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Marble
Period 18th Century Louis XV Carved Giltwood Console and Mirror
By Jean-Baptiste Tilliard
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A small period Louis XV carved and gilded beechwood console table, the palm entwined roccaille cabriole legs joined by a similarly carved stretcher crowned with carved swagged urn. ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Wood, Beech
An Intriguing 18th Century Carved Burl Wood Treen Figure, Continental Circa 1740
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A most fascinating and intriguing hand carved objet d'art of a treen figure in burl wood, exhibiting wonderful form, grain, colour and patina. The underside bearing remnants of an ol...
Category
Mid-18th Century European Baroque Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Burl
Louis XVI Allegorical Figurative Clock Depicting Venus Being Crowned by Amour
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine and rare model of a period Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze mantel (fireplace) clock, the dial signed Dhemant A Paris. The clock features two large gilded classically dr...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Portrait of a French Aristocratic Gentleman
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine half length portrait of a powder wigged 18th century French aristocratic gentleman simply dressed in a brown waistcoat over an embroidered buttoned vest in which he has placed...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Italian Marble Topped Gilded and Silver Leafed Corner Bracket
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A finely carved partially Italian gilded corner bracket, silver leafed and painted with a dark green veined marble top bordered in gilded bronze. The rounded top supported by two carved palm frond...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Asian Cast Bronze Buddha Head Fragment Bust Sculpture Thai, 18th Century
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Antique Asian and extremely detailed cast bronze fragment of the head of Buddha, dating from the 18 century and presumably having Thai or Tibetan origins. The sculpture fragment is s...
Category
18th Century Thai Tibetan Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Persian Qajar Period Engraved and Inlaid Iron Metal Pen Box or Holder
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the Qajar period, this cast iron pen case is highly and intricately engraved with a scroll patterned motif which has been inlaid with gold accents. The fitted top holds f...
Category
18th Century Indian Other Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Gold, Iron
French Louis XVI Ormolu and Marble Monument Clock
By Charles Bertrand
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A period Louis XVI Ormolu black and white marble mantel clock made in the last quarter of the 18th century. The white enamel dial with bl...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Augsburg Martin Heuglin II Parcel-Gilt Silver Liquor or Brandy Taster circa 1670
By Martin Heuglin II
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique parcel-gilt sterling silver brandy tester was made by silversmith Martin Heuglin II of Augsburg Germany in 1670 in the Baroque style. This tester has a very simple bande...
Category
Mid-17th Century German Baroque Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
"Madonna and Child"
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Oil on canvas painting "Madonna and Child". Blacklight scan show there has been a touch up covering the baby Jesus's genitals done over the centuries. In the original ornate gold fra...
Category
17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Paint
18th Century Copy of "Port Scene with the Villa Medici" after Claude Lorrain
By Claude Lorrain
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century copy of a painting by Claude Lorrain titled, "Port scene with the Villa Medici" the original painted in 1637 and now hanging in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Th...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Paul Morin Antique Pre-Confederation Canadian Sterling Silver Snuff Box
By Claude Morin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sterling silver snuff box was made by the noted Canadian silversmith Paul Morin from Quebec City of Lower Canada, and dates to circa 1795-1805 ...
Category
Late 18th Century Canadian Georgian Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Louis XVI Period Carved Oval Mirror, Neoclassical Style
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French, neoclassic style. This antique French Louis XVI period, 18th century beveled mirror features a beautifully ornate carved gilt leaf wood frame with flowers, berries and leaves...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Late 18th Century Italian Giltwood Mirror and Demilune Console
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An important 18th century Italian giltwood mirror over a conforming demilune giltwood console table having a white marble top. The table has a carved open work apron with decorative circles framing rosettes joined with leaf work, large carved rosettes top the circular fluted and tapering legs.
The tall rectangular mirror...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Beech
Carved and Painted Pinewood, 18 Century Fireplace Mantle or Chimneypiece
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A painted pinewood id 18 century fireplace or chimneypiece surround with deep finely carved cushion frieze and a dramatic Louis XIV sunburst at the...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Pine
Old Master Allegorical oil painting of “Erminia and The Shepherds”
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fully restored small northern Italian Baroque painting on canvas that may have been painted as a study, (or what is referred to as a bozzet...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Venetian 17 Century Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting of Kneeling Cupid
By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine and rare painting of a kneeling cupid holding a quiver, shown against an idyllic background. The style and subject matter are similar to works by Venetian masters from the 16t...
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Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of Six Directoire Mahogany Dining Chairs Attributed to Georges Jacob
By Georges Jacob
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A set of six period Directoire dining chairs carved in Honduras mahogany. Identical chairs are shown in the reference book "Ebenists of the 18th century". While unstamped, this set comes with written documentation and attribution to George Jacob by a leading antique dealer in Paris from where they were purchased.
Georges Jacob (6 July 1739 – 5 July 1814) the most prominent furniture maker in 18th century Paris. He produced carved, painted and gilded beds and seat furniture and upholstery work for the French royal châteaux, in the Neoclassical style that is associated with Louis XVI furniture. In his workshop he employed numerous specialist carvers and gilders. In 1785, Jacob produced the first mahogany chairs à l'anglaise, for the Comte de Provence similar in many ways to the ones on offer here.
When he retired in 1796, Georges Jacob left his workshop in the hands of his two sons, one of whom was François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter who went on to become a leading French Empire Furniture...
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Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Wool Flat-Woven Turkish Prayer Rug or Tapestry
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique handwoven prayer rug was made in what is now Turkey, and dates to circa 1750-1780. This rug is done in a background of pastel hues which accent the muted red central "Mi...
Category
Late 18th Century Turkish Islamic Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Wool
18th Century Crystal Chandelier from the Royal Crystal Manufacturer La Granja
By Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A palatial scale multi-tiered 18th century neoclassical crystal chandelier sourced from the renowned Royal Crystal Manufacturer of La Granja in Spain. This chandelier comes with an incredible story and provenance and was one of about twelve identical chandeliers that originally hung in an early baroque church called the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel...
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Mid-18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Crystal
18th Century Painting Showing Figures in a Landscape Attributed to Pater
By Jean-Baptiste Pater
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A romantic 18th century oil painting on canvas depicting two young couples in an idyllic landscape, the figures sitting by a stream beside a garden folly, their pets with them. The two men serenade the women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Dutch Satinwood Marquetry Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An 18th century Dutch satinwood abbatant or drop front desk, with gilded beading and inlaid brass stringing. The case also has various exotic woods inlaid into the satinwood. There i...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century French Louis XV Occasional Chest/Table with Three Drawers
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century Louis XV three drawer chest veneered in various types of wood; the top section sits on four scrolled legs;.
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Kingwood
18th Century English Portrait of Two Bearded Gentlemen
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An unsigned canvas depicting two bearded ‘Renaissance’ gentlemen painted from the waist up in a loving posterior embrace. The painting is very likely English late 17th or 18th century. Relined well over a hundred years ago which suggests that the work may be 17th or 18 century. Presently in a contemporary, compatible frame.
The canvas relining was done by John Peel who was active in London in the early 19thC. John Peel worked from Golden Square, London 1819, 7 Naylors Yard 1820-1834, 17 Golden Square 1832-1843, 17-18 Golden Square 1844-1858, 12 Marlborough Row as carver and gilder...
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Mid-18th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Antique Dutch Silver Large Ladle Nijmegen 1795-1807 Jan Willem Pas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Large silver soup ladle, Hallmarked with the city hallmarks for (double headed eagle and crowned N), the year stamp D (used from 1795 to 1807) and the master stamp ‘IWP’ for Jan Will...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Silver
Mathew Bolton Antique Sheffield Silver Plated 3 Branch Convertible Candelabras
By Mathew Bolton
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the mid-19th century, this pair of silver plated candelabras were made by the renowned silversmith, Mathew Bolton of Sheffield England. As presented in the photos, this s...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Very Rare 18th Century Maggiolini Desk
By Giuseppe Maggiolini
Located in Montreal, QC
Very rare 18th century Italian neoclassical desk attributed to the workshop of Giuseppe Maggiolini. The piece is composed of extensive inlay ...
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1780s Italian Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Louis XVI Magogany Dessert /Dumbwaiter Table with Ormolu Trim
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century Louis XVI desert table or as is often referred to a ‘dumb-waiter’ in mahogany with gilt metal galleries; the top tier is adjustable in height; the fluted central ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Baroque Style Painting of Beauty and Old Age attributed to R. Manchetti
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An old master style 18th century allegorical painting representing youth and old age, and/or beauty and wisdom, depicted by a beautiful young ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Antique Miniature Portrait on Bone with Fitted Case 14-Karat Yellow Gold Brooch
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the late 17th century and done in the Federalist style, this finely detailed and well executed hand painted miniature portrait on bone of a period nobleman can be worn as...
Category
Late 17th Century American Federal Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Gold
Louis XVI Transitional Two-Drawer Commode with a Breche Marble Top
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A period 18th century French two drawer chest with a breche marble top, the oak carcass veneered in various exotic woods in an overall geometri...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Oak
Portrait of Christopher Columbus All Made Lout of in Inlaid Woods
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An 18th century portrait panel of possibly Christopher Columbus (or a classical philosopher) made from various types and treatments of inlaid woods, in a giltwood frame.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Brass Engraved Persian, Japanese & Egyptian Pen Case Ink Well Group Lot
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the early 18th century, this grouping of brass pen cases have their origins in Persia, Egypt and Japan respectively. Each case is intricately engraved with a patterned sc...
Category
18th Century Japanese Anglo-Indian Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gentleman with his Three Children by 18th Century English Artist John Opie
By John Opie
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A large oil on canvas depicting a youthful father with his three children, two of which are behind him playing musical instruments, the daughter with her harp and son playing the flute. A third child with his back to the painter faces his father. The painting is presented in a carved and gilded wood frame. Like the great majority of Opie's work, this painting is not signed or stamped.
Opie lived at No 8 Berners Street where he moved in 1791, the street famous for artists, composers and instrument makers. Jacob Erat the famous harp maker lived in the neighbourhood and moved to 23 Berners Street before his death in 1821. This painting could be the painting referenced in John Jope Rogers, "Opie and his Work" Truro 1878, Page 220, entitled 'Musical Party'.
Provenance: Charles St. George Quechee, Vermont; New England Private Institution; Sotheby's New York April 7, 1989, Lot 1, as John Opie, Portrait of a Gentleman and his three children; Private collection Connecticut.
John Opie RA, (May 1761 – 1807), was a Cornish historical and portrait painter. He painted many great men and women of his day, including members of the British Royal Family, and others who were most notable in the artistic and literary professions. Opie's artistic abilities eventually came to the attention of a local physician and satirist, Dr John Wolcot (Peter Pindar). Recognising a great talent, Wolcot became Opie's mentor, buying him out of his apprenticeship and insisting that he come to live at his home in Truro. Wolcot provided invaluable encouragement, advice, tuition and practical help in the advancement of his early career, including obtaining many commissions for work.
In 1781, Opie moved to London with Wolcot, having entered into a formal profit-sharing agreement with him. Although Opie had received a considerable artistic education from Wolcot, the doctor chose to present him as a self-taught prodigy. A portrait of a boy shown at the Society of Artists the previous year had been described in the catalogue as "an instance of Genius, not having ever seen a picture." Wolcot introduced the "Cornish wonder" to leading artists, including Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was to compare him to Caravaggio and Velazquez, and to prospective patrons. The business arrangement with Wolcot lasted for a year after which Opie informed the doctor that he now wished to go it alone, leading to the estrangement of the two former partners.
Through the influence of a Mrs Boscawen, Wolcot managed to have Opie introduced at the court of King George III. The king purchased one of his pictures and commissioned him to produce a portrait of Mary Delany...
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Late 18th Century British George III Antique Canada - Furniture
Materials
Canvas
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