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Antique Marine Naval Ships Oil Painting French Frigate After Battle of Trafalgar
By Thomas Buttersworth
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & important oil on canvas maritime ship's painting by Thomas Buttersworth (1768-1842), "A French Frigate Driven Ashore in the Gale after Trafalgar, 22nd October, 1805". This c...
Category

Early 1800s English School Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Hinton Gibbs, Early 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian gentleman. Hinton Gibbs (1783-1839) Portrait of a gentleman, bust length, turned to the left, wearing coat and cravat watercolour, revers...
Category

Early 19th Century English School Art

Materials

Watercolor, Glass

Antique English Oil Painting Portrait of Young British Army Officer Fine Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Young Officer English School, 19th century oil painting on board, framed in very fine quality antique gilt frame framed: 17 x 14.5 inches board: 12 x 9 inches condition: very goo...
Category

Early 19th Century English School Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled (Vishnu and Lakshmi meeting), Figurative by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Untitled (Vishnu and Lakshmi meeting) Oleograph 14.5 x 10.1 inches, Circa (Framed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian paint...
Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

"Early Summer Horse Fair" from 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Located in Soquel, CA
"Early Summer Horse Fair" from 53 Stations of the Tokaido Woodblock print of a group of horses, originally by Hiroshige (Ando) Utagawa (Japanese, 1797 - 1858). Several groups of hor...
Category

1830s Edo Art

Materials

Rice Paper, Woodcut

Standing Nude
By Eugene Wagner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An original carved wood sculpture of an Art Deco standing nude . German sculptor (1871 Berlin to 1942 ibid), studied at the Dresden Academy, took part in exhibitions in Munich, Düsse...
Category

1910s Art Deco Art

Materials

Wood

Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Seated Hermes, Early 19th Century After the Antique
Located in Beachwood, OH
Large Figure of Seated Hermes, Grand Tour Bronze, Early 19th Century 19th Century Continental School After the Antique The large size figure well cast, with brownish green patination...
Category

Early 19th Century Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Tropical Blue Water Lush Beach Scene Nicely Framed Seascape Summer Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist beach scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 27 by 31 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French Village Landscape Scene w/ Trees & Buggy, Early 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Auguste-Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918) Untitled Landscape, c. 1910 Watercolor Signed lower right 14 x 16.5 inches 20 x 22.5 inches, framed Auguste-Louis Lepère was a French painte...
Category

1910s Art

Materials

Watercolor

Victorian Oil Painting Blacksmith Forge with Figures and Horse in Stable Framed
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Oil Painting of a Blacksmith Forge with Figures and a Horse in a Smithy Interior. Small Oil on Panel in its original gilt frame in excellent condition. A real find, depic...
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

The Courtesan Kashiwagi and the Kamuro Wakano - Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
The Courtesan Kashiwagi and the Kamuro Wakano - Japanese Woodblock Print Original Toyokuni III/Kunisada (Japanese, 1786 - 1864) Japanese Woodblock Print "The Courtesan Kashiwagi and...
Category

1820s Realist Art

Materials

Printer's Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Untitled (Lord Rama’s reunion), Figurative by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Untitled (Lord Rama’s reunion) Oleograph 14.5 x 10.1 inches, Circa ( Framed & Delivered ) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter an...
Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Fine 1830's English Oil Painting on panel Countryside Rural Lane with Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Lane English School, circa 1830's period oil on panel, framed in period antique gilt frame framed: 19 x 17 inches board: 14 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, En...
Category

Early 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Antique Italian Impressionist Signed Venice Cityscape Gold Gilt Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian impressionist Venice cityscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condit...
Category

1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

1890s Watercolor Landscape – Sunrise & Spring Blossoms Over Platte River
Located in Denver, CO
An original 1891 watercolor painting by noted American landscape artist Charles Partridge Adams, titled "Spring Blossoms." This serene composition captures the Platte River at sunris...
Category

1890s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Antique Canton Rose Medallion 'Famille Rose' Porcelain Vase, China, 19th Century
Located in Cotignac, FR
A mid-nineteenth century Chinese 'famille rose' (also referred to as 'rose medallion') porcelain vase with applied gilded dragons to the shoulder, handles and to the neck, decorated ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Art

Materials

Porcelain

Stubbs style 19th C English Horse portrait Bay hunter and hound in a landscape.
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite oil on canvas by Daniel Clowes, a renowned English sporting painter from the early 19th century, showcases a bay hunter and a hound set against a serene, rolling lands...
Category

Early 1800s Folk Art Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A Small Old Painting Called Rocky Path With Figures
By Thomas Barker of Bath
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting, titled "Rocky Path With Figures" is a captivating example of Thomas Barker of Bath's talent. Despite its small size, measuring only 13 x 11 cm, this piece sh...
Category

Early 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Madonna and Child 1800's English Oil on Canvas with Circular Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Madonna and Child English Old Master, c. 1800 oil on canvas, unframed (relined canvas) Canvas: 14.5 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good condition De...
Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Seishi Ai-oi Genji – Set of 12 Shunga works together w/astrological commentary
Located in Middletown, NY
Set of 12 woodblock prints in colors on handmade, laid mulberry paper, 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (170 x 258 mm), printed in Ka-ei 4 (1851). Each print with minor handling wear, otherwise in excellent condition with bright and fresh color, and with details printed in silver ink. The images themselves contain several illusive characters indicating the publisher which are obfuscated by figures, as intended. Presented loose, as issued. A fine set. The astrological commentary print has a large and meandering blind stamp with a bird and palm frond motif. This print lists various phrases concerning the Twelve Zodiac Animals as historically counted in Japan, and appears to include erotic commentary on the traits of people born under each of the twelve signs. These Shunga images were issued in books that paralleled (in an erotic fashion...
Category

Mid-19th Century Edo Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Ink, Woodcut

French school Windmill scene Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Windmills scene from Grandin⬅️ Probably Louis Grandin born à Chevresis - Monceau ( Aisne ) France. Mentioned in the book "Society of French Artist " in le Salon 1936 This painti...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars

20th century English River landscape of Bisham Abbey on the Thames, Fisherman
Located in Woodbury, CT
Alfred Augustus Glendening Senior (English, 1840–1921) View along the Thames at Bisham Abbey, oil on canvas, circa 1910 Signed Bottom right This beautifully observed riverscape by A...
Category

1910s Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine Victorian 1890's Signed Scottish Oil Painting Farmers Daughter in Meadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Farmers Daughter" by Charles Martin Hardie RSA (1858-1916) *see notes below signed with initials and dated '84, oil on canvas: 20 x 16 inches framd: 26 x 22 inches Provenance: ...
Category

1890s Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine Original 1830's Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Derby Winner Racehorse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Dangerous" Portrait of the 1833 Derby racehorse winner by John Frederick Herring Snr (1795-1865) British signed lower left, titled lower right oil painting on canvas: 10 x 14 inches...
Category

1830s English School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Couronne de Margherite - Belle Epoque Oil Painting Portrait French Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘La Couronne de Marguerite’ by Édouard-Louis-Lucien Cabane (1857-1942). The painting – which depicts a young French beauty wearing a crown of daisies – is signed by the artist and ...
Category

1910s French School Art

Materials

Oil

Neoclassical Style Cast Iron Window Surround
Located in Brooklyn, NY
TWELVE CHAIRS GALLERY A fabulous mid-to-late 19th-century cast iron window surround of exceptional scale—standing nearly six feet tall—now offered with the potential to be elegantly ...
Category

Mid-19th Century French School Art

Materials

Iron

Pre-Second Republic Academic Study Of A Male Nude Framed 1840s French Drawing
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Henry Arthur Roberts. French ( b.1819 - d.1900 ). Academic Life Study Of A Standing Male Nude. Pencil & Charcoal On Paper. Paper size 23.8 inches x 13.6 inches ( 60.5cm x 34.5cm ). Frame size 28.3 inches x 18.7 inches ( 72cm x 47.5cm ). Available for sale; this academic life drawing of a male nude is by the French artist Henry Arthur Roberts and dates from the early 1840s. The drawing is presented and supplied in a modest hand painted glazed wooden frame dating from the mid-20th century (which is shown in these photographs). This antique drawing is in good condition, commensurate with its age. It is in an untouched condition having never been restored. The paper has handling marks, some light surface dirt, the odd foxing mark and general age toning. The overall patina adds to the aesthetic and is supplied ready to hang and display. The drawing is not signed but came from a portfolio of drawings by Henry Arthur Roberts. Henry Arthur Roberts was a recognised French artist, notable for his portraits and paintings of religious subjects. Born in Paris in 1819, he was the son of British watercolour artist James Roberts, himself active in Paris from 1819 -1846. Henry became a student of his father. Henry Roberts’s talent as a young man was such that he was accepted as a student of Michel Martin Drölling and worked extensively with him. Drölling, the highly acclaimed neoclassic artist (1786-1851) was noted for his theatrical paintings of history and grand portraits. He produced many notable works, including a ceiling work for the Louvre, and works in the Palace of Versailles. Roberts would have studied with Drölling at an early stage in his career, as Drölling died when Roberts was 32. Learning with such a master would have had a huge impact on Roberts in terms of his academic skills and his own emerging style. Roberts exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1839, when he was only 20 years old, right through to 1867. His work in the Universal Exhibition of 1855 won him a Third Class Medal. He became Vice-President of the Association of Artists in Paris and in July 1898 he was elevated to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour with a foreign title. This was the highest state honour available to him, in recognition of his status as an artist. Henry Roberts died in 1900, but his legacy lives on, with works in many famous public collections, including the Musée Carnavalet, the Musée du Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orsay, and in Boston, USA. © Big Sky Fine Art This exceptional academic nude...
Category

1840s Academic Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

J. F. Hughes - 1863 Oil, Carrying Wheat near Ascot
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastoral scene captures the rhythms of rural life, depicting a horse-drawn hay wagon traversing a golden field under dramatic cloudy skies. Signed and dated to the lower right....
Category

Mid-19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Antique 19th century English Landscape of Children playing by a Lake or Loch
Located in Woodbury, CT
Edgar Longstaffe (1852–1933) Children Playing by a Lakeside landscape , oil on canvas, circa 1890 This serene and luminous landscape by Edgar Longstaffe, painted circa 1890, capture...
Category

1890s Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wonderful Victorian oil of cows grazing in the Welsh or English hills
Located in Harkstead, GB
An idyllic view of cattle and sheep grazing in a pasture before an oak tree with a blue sky with bollowing clouds beyond. William S Rose (1810-1873) Cattle and sheep grazing in rou...
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Cléo de Merode - Lithograph after H. de Toulouse-Lautrec - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized in 1970s, after the original work by Toulouse-Lautrec of 1896. Limited edition of 1000. Excellent condition.
Category

1890s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

The model in the studio
Located in Paris, IDF
School of Jacques-Louis DAVID The model in the studio Oil on canvas 81 x 59 cm without frame 96 x 73 with frame Around 1820 This seated female nude in an academic pose is painted ...
Category

Early 19th Century French School Art

Materials

Oil

Huge Georgian 1820's English Oil Industrial Landscape with Mills Children Picnic
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Extensive Early Industrial Landscape with Mill" by John Pennington (1773-1841, British) subsidiary buildings, bleaching fields and a country house beyond, three children with a bir...
Category

Early 19th Century English School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine 1800's Italian Grand Tour Oil Painting Figures before Classical Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Arcadian View Italian School, circa 1800 Grand Tour subject oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound cond...
Category

Early 1800s Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

19th C. American Impressionist Gouache of Colorado Mountains in Spring
Located in Denver, CO
This original circa 1910s plein air field study by renowned Colorado landscape artist Charles Partridge Adams captures the serene beauty of the Rocky Mountains in a masterful display...
Category

1910s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Gouache

1830's British Oil Painting Large Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an English Gentleman English School, circa 1830's period oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 30 x 24.5 inches Provenance: Private collection, UK Condition: relined canvas, ov...
Category

Early 19th Century English School Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait Jeune Fille Signé Fanny Gilbert (1820/…)
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
Huile sur toile Dim sans cadre 50/61cm Dim avec cadre 67/78 cm Ecole française Signé Fanny Gilbert 1868 Portrait charmant d’une jeune fille, qui pourrait faire parti du style impres...
Category

Mid-19th Century French School Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period impressionist giltwood frame. Excellent condition.
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait King Henry 8th VIII Antique English Painting Famous Monarch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
King Henry VIII English artist, circa 1840's oil on paper laid on board, framed framed: 10.5 x 10inches board: 8 x 7.5 inches inscribed verso provenance: private collection, UK cond...
Category

Early 19th Century English School Art

Materials

Oil

Early 19th-Century Italian Painting Boat Expedition Grotto Coastal Cave
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boat Expedition Italian School, early 1800's period oil on canvas, framed Framed: 19 x 23 inches Canvas : 18.5 x 22.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: the fr...
Category

Early 19th Century Italian School Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Circa 1800 French Neo-Classical Study of Male Nude Standing Academic Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Male Study French, circa 1800 Neo-Classical School, circle of Jacques Louis David (French 1748-1825) Pencil drawing on paper, unframed drawing: 14 x 8 inches double sided with ...
Category

Early 19th Century French School Art

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

19th century English Antique Portrait of a terrier or toy dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
Edwin Loder – son of famous artist James Loder – originally enlisted in the 62nd Regiment of Foot in 1846 at the age of 19, serving mainly in India. After 20 years in the Forces, Ed...
Category

1860s Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Board

1830's English Oil Storm Clouds Norfolk Landscape Norwich Cathedral River Yare
By (Circle of) John Constable
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Storm Clouds over the River Yare *see notes below English School, circa 1830's circle of John Constable (English 1776-187) oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 18 x 25 inches condition: relined canvas, overall very good and presentable condition provenance: private European Collection A very beautiful, period depiction of the Norfolk landscape, with far reaching views over Norwich Cathedral...
Category

Early 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Street of the Old Quarter British School signed Cade oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
**Technical Sheet** **Title:** "Street of the Old Quarter" **Author:** British School, 19th Century **Date:** 1892 **Technique:** Oil on canvas **Dimensions:** 14.17 x 10.63 inc...
Category

1890s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American Impressionist Sun Dappled River Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted and impressive early 1900s American school landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Barbizon rural landscape: young girls chatting by the village gates
Located in Norwich, GB
Godefroy de Hagemann (1820-1877) was a member of the Hanover dynasty, of German Princes. His full name was Godefroy Auguste Christian Volfgann baron de Hagemann, or Godefroy de Hagem...
Category

Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Cavaliers Pets Period 19th Century English Oil Painting Cavalier Spaniels
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cavaliers Pets English School, 19th century after the 1845 painting by Sir Edwin Landseer oil on on canvas, framed framed: 22 x 18 inches canvas : 18 x 15 inches Provenance: priv...
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

The Heron by the River: atmospheric 19th Century Naturalist school landscape
Located in Norwich, GB
One wonderful thing about this painting is its light. It’s pitch-perfect: if it were a tad darker, it would be gloomy; a tad lighter, and it there would be less to discover. The joy ...
Category

1860s Naturalistic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Windsor Castle from the River Thames. An antique oil painting
Located in St. Albans, GB
William M. Hart American 1823 - 1894 Outside Frame Size: 36 x 49" (90 x 122cm) Canvas Size: 28 x 41" (70 x 102) Provenance: H.V. Allison Galleries, New York Born in 1823 in Paisley...
Category

1850s Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Interior of the Temple Abu Simbel, Egypt: A 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Interior of the Temple of Aboo Simbel" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, pu...
Category

1840s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Large 19th Century Scottish Oil Painting Sea Loch Mountains Castle Ruins Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Admiring the View Scottish School, circa 1850 oil painting on canvas laid over board framed size: 25.5 x 36 inches condition: very good and presentable, minor retouches showing to th...
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Antique English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier and Westie dogs in a room
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier spaniel and Westie terrier in an interior. This exquisite English 19th-century painting by...
Category

1850s Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century English Folk Art portrait of a Bull in Maple frame
Located in Woodbury, CT
Anonymous (English School) Prize Bull Portrait, mid-19th century Oil on canvas, housed in a figured maple frame This striking and endearing portrait of a prize bull stands as a test...
Category

1830s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Mountain Dwelling: 19th Century landscape bearing Corot signature on verso
Located in Norwich, GB
Our 19th Century painting of a mountain dwelling, bathed in soft light light is a fresh and relevant as if it had been created yesterday. Painted certainly in plein air on the motif,...
Category

Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Biedermeier Period Academic Life Study Male Nude Carrying A Staff Circa 1826
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Eduard Braun. German ( b.1798 - d.1876 ). Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Carrying A Staff. Pencil & Charcoal On Paper With Heightening. Annotation (presumably a dedication) Lower Left. Paper size 24 inches x 16.5 inches ( 61cm x 42cm ). Frame size 30.1 inches x 22.2 inches ( 76.5cm x 56.5cm ). Available for sale; this academic life drawing of a male nude is by the German artist Eduard Braun and dates from around 1826. The drawing is presented and supplied in an interesting configuration with a modern twist (which is shown in these photographs). The drawing has been float mounted between two sheets of Tru Vue Museum Glass® UV99 so that the wall or setting behind the hanging is visible and therefore provides the surround for the artwork. This antique drawing is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The drawing is not signed but came from a portfolio of drawings by Eduard Braun. This drawing has a later annotation and presumably a dedication in red ink in the bottom left hand corner. The annotation is the monogram HL within a heart. The configuration of the HL resembles the format used by the French artist Henri Laurens 1885 – 1954 where the downstroke of the L is merged with the second downstroke of the H. This stunning original pencil and charcoal drawing on paper is by a German artist called Eduard Braun. He was born in 1798 and died in 1876, but little else is known about him apart from the fact that he was active in the Paris art salons and rooms. This drawing is from a portfolio by this artist on a similar theme and is typical of the type of academic study undertaken by serious art students throughout the nineteenth century. One of the other drawings in this portfolio is annotated as being created in 1826 and there is every reason to think that this drawing is contemporaneous with that. The drawing is of a very high standard, capturing both strength and sensitivity, showcasing the artist’s ability to reproduce a lifelike image of a nude model. The subject of this drawing is a young man, possibly in his mid-twenties, with a toned and muscular body. He is standing with his weight on his right leg, which is slightly bent, and holding a wooden staff in his right hand. His left foot is raised slightly with the toes pointed, and his left hand is placed behind his back. Although he is facing fully towards the viewer, his gaze is to his left. He has pleasant, serene expression on his face. The background is bare, save for the shadow cast by the model. This original antique drawing...
Category

Early 19th Century Academic Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

Huge 1850's Irish Romantic Sunset Landscape over Lough Waters & Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Irish Sunset Irish School, mid 19th century, circa 1850 oil on canvas, framed framed: 34 x 32.5 inches canvas: 28 x 26 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very g...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Venice by Moonlight - 19th Century Oil Painting of the Grand Canal by Full Moon
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Venice by Moonlight' by Henry Pether (1800-1880). The painting – which depicts an extensive nocturnal view of the Grand Canal with the Palazzo Pisani Gritti to the left and the Dor...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Head of a Gaul, British Museum Roman Classical sculpture photogravure
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Head of a Gaul' Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the imag...
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1910s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Photogravure

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