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Period: 19th Century
Pair of Porphyry Marble Columns with Gilt Bronze Capitals, 19th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Pair of Porphyry Marble Columns with Gilt Bronze Capitals, 19th Century
Porphyry marble & gilt bronze
20 x 4.25 x 4.25 inches
Porphyry is an igneous rock, not marble, known for its...
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19th Century More Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Wedding Chest of Corinne de Blaru, French 19th Century Folk Art Painted
Located in Cotignac, FR
Vintage French folk art, Early 19th century, painted wood wedding, hope or bridal chest, for the wedding of Charles Herbert Frederic and Corinne de Blaru in 1848. The names and dates...
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Folk Art 19th Century More Art
Materials
Iron
Laxmi, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 19 x 14 inches
Oleograph with embellishments, Circa
(Unframed & Delivered)
Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist...
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Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Saraswati, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 19 x 14 inches
Oleograph with embellishments, Circa
(Unframed & Delivered)
Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist...
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Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Pair of English Regency Blue John (Derbyshire Spar) Urns, 19th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Pair of English Regency Blue John (Derbyshire Spar) Urns, 19th Century
9.5 x 3 x 3 inches
Obtained from the Derbyshire England, Blue John is a semi-precious mineral, a rare form of ...
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19th Century More Art
Materials
Marble
An Ancient Style Greek Black Figure Calyx Krater, 19th/20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ancient Style Greek Black Figure Calyx Krater, 19th/20th Century
Terracotta
17 x 14.5 inches
A calyx krater is a type of ancient Greek pottery, specifically a type of krater (a bowl...
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19th Century More Art
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Terracotta
"ECHO SPRINGS WHISKEY" KENTUCKY'S BEST PRODUCT CIRCA LATE 1800'S
Located in San Antonio, TX
Antique Advertising Signs
Image Size: 24 x 17
Frame Size: 27.5 x 21.5
Medium: Lithograph
Late 1800's
"Echo Springs Whiskey" Kentucky's Best Product
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19th Century More Art
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Lithograph
Rare 19th C. Antique Silver Judaica Shabbat Candlesticks Polish Russian, Szekman
Located in Surfside, FL
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Austro-Hungarian Antique Judaica Pair of Shabbos hallmarked silver candlesticks, 12" tall, 16 troy
Dated 1895
Viennese or Austro Hungaria...
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Rococo 19th Century More Art
Materials
Silver
Untitled, Krishna complaining to Yashoda, Figurative by Raja Ravi Verma-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 14.5 x 10.1 inches
Oleograph, Circa
(Framed & Delivered)
Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist. He is considered...
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Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Victorian Marine Seascape Large Oil Painting of Pure Seas and Shimmering Light
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Marine Seascape Large Oil Painting of Pure Seas and Shimmering Light by the absolute Master of Pure Seas Paintings. This is a beautiful, ethereal work by Henry Moore (THE Henry Moore and not the famous Sculptor!).
The seascape we have for sale is an exquisite example of Moore’s sea-painting (he began painting the sea in the late 1860s), this, produced at the height of his fame and talents, it was painted in 1891. In it he captures the rolling waves as they catch the light and conveys a cool beauty within this deceptively simple composition. There may be a hint of a vessel in the background but maybe it is a trick of the light!! The seagulls dance in the foreground.
Moore manages to straddle two enormous art...
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Victorian 19th Century More Art
Materials
Oil
Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding The Biccherna Aesthetic Siena Tuscany
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Icilio Federico Joni.
Italian ( b.1866 - d.1946 ).
Painted Gesso, Gilt & Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding In The Sienese Biccherna Aesthetic.
Book Cover size 11 inches x 8.1 inches ( 28cm x 20.5cm ).
Frame size 16 inches x 13 inches ( 40.5cm x 33cm ).
Available for sale; this painted gesso and gilt “tavolette” wooden book cover in the Biccherna aesthetic is by Icilio Federico Joni.
The book cover is mounted and supplied in a contemporary black Tulip Wood frame (which is shown in these photographs) which is glazed with non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. The wooden book cover is curved and float mounted giving a wonderful 3D depth to its presentation.
The gesso and painted surfaces have benefitted from professional restoration which was performed on our instruction, supervision and approval.
This antique book cover is in very good condition, commensurate with its age.
The frame presentation is new and in excellent condition. Combined, it wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The story of these panels and of their artist is fascinating, and begins in 13th century Siena:
The Biccherna was the person who held the position of Magistrate of Chancellery of Finance from the 13th to the 14th century for the republic and the city of Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. The records of that office were very important because Siena was one of the earliest and most significant banking centres in Italy, and indeed in Europe. It became the fashion to keep banking and taxation records of the region in large books with painted leather covers. These were originally made from wood and leather. In the competition to make these ever more prestigious the bindings and panels on the front and rear of the books were painted by the major artists of the day, such as Giovanni di Paolo. Many of these mainly secular covers are displayed in the Archives of the State of Siena located in the Palazzo Piccolmini.
The Gothic Revival of the 19th century occurred partly as a reaction against the progress of industrialisation in Europe generally. It was however greatly affected by the unification of Italy in the second half of the 19th century. This led to the closure and downsizing of many religious institutions, which resulted in the dispersal of thousands of works of art dating from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Many aristocratic and bourgeois families struggled to pay debts or simply to make ends meet and so they sold off their private collections and family heirlooms. There was then an influx of goods into the antiques market which provided a great deal of work for Italy’s restorers and craftsmen, since many of these pieces were in need of cleaning, repair and, in keeping with the interventionist tastes of the times, radical restoration, before they could be sold on, often to foreign buyers. These early Italian works became so fashionable that demand soon outstripped supply. This in turn gave rise to a new type of artist-craftsman capable of turning out from scratch increasingly convincing reproductions, imitations and out-and-out fakes.
Siena naturally became the epicentre of this thriving cottage industry because of the extraordinary continuity there in traditional craft skills. This technical expertise had been handed down from generation to generation, and it was perhaps inevitable that a number of artists with real talent, the flair of commerce and a genuine love and understanding of antique Sienese art should adapt their skills to these new market conditions. Among these artists were Igino Gottardi, Alceo Dossena, Fulvio Corsini, Umberto Giunti...
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Renaissance 19th Century More Art
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
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...
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Victorian 19th Century More Art
Materials
Oil
Neoclassical Style Cast Iron Window Surround
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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 converted into a mirro...
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French School 19th Century More Art
Materials
Iron
$9,000 Sale Price
74% Off
Antique, 19th C. Peugeot Frères Brevetés French Coffee Grinder Table Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
This is being sold as a piece of (functional?) decorator table sculpture for a kitchen or restaurant. I do not know if or how it works. the wheel and gears turn. It might be missing a cover on the handle. It is a lovely antique piece. Made in France.
A halfcentury before they produced their first car, the Peugeot brothers were making coffee grinders, continuing to do so for over 100years. In 1840 the Peugeots produced their first moulin a
cafe out of a combination of metal and wood. The beans were inserted into the metal
hopper up top; metal gears were turned by a woodenknob-capped metal...
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Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
Les Etoiles - Rare Book by J.J Grandville - 1849
Located in Roma, IT
Les Etoiles (suivi de l’Astronomie des Dames) is an original modern rare book written by Joseph Méry and Le Comte Foelix and illustrated by Jean Jeacques G...
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Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Lapis Lazuli Box With Gilt Pomponne Mounts, Antique, 19th Century
Located in Cotignac, FR
French 19th Century Lapis Lazuli set box with engine engraved gilt mounts, in Pomponne which is an alloy developed by two goldsmiths, Turgot and Daumy, who set up shop at the Hôtel d...
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Other Art Style 19th Century More Art
Materials
Brass
George Cruikshank’s Table Book - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Cruikshank - 1845
Located in Roma, IT
George Cruikshank’s Table Book is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - London, 1878) and written by Various Authors in 1845.
Published by Punch Office, London.
Original First Edition.
Format: in 8°.
The book includes 284 pages with Twelve full page Etchings (hundred in text half page).
Mint conditions.
George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - London, 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend di lui Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. For Charles Dickens, Cruikshank illustrated Sketches by Boz...
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Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
JOHN LEOPARD EAST TEXAS 1850-1883 RUSK COUNTY POTTERY STONEWARE HENDERSON TEXAS
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Leopard (1800-1883) Pottery
Rusk County Henderson Texas Pottery (1850-1883)
5 or 6 Gallon Ovoid East Texas Churn
18 inches tall
11 inches at widest point
Utilitarian
John Leopard (1800-1883) Pottery Rusk County Henderson Texas Pottery (1850-1883)
One natural resource found in Rusk County provided an abundance of raw material for the development of industry in the county. When pioneers arrived in Rusk County in the early 1800's, they found a variety of clays suitable for brick making, tiles, statuary and pottery. Pottery making is one of the world's oldest crafts, with examples of pottery traced back as far as the 7th century BC. Amongst the earliest finds are artistic figures, images of people and animals, and household implements including breakers and dishes. Anthropologists often use the techniques and patterns found in ancient burial sites to form an accurate picture of society through the ages. Earthenware (jugs, churns, and vessels of all kinds) made in Rusk County found a ready market. Some of the early potters were Brown, Leopard, Rushton, Prothro and Russell. Many of Henderson's downtown buildings were made from bricks baked in the kiln of the Howard Brothers...
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Other Art Style 19th Century More Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Japanese Lacquered Maki-e Meiji Period Cabinets 漆器 蒔絵 塗物 漆塗
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pair of Meiji period, late 19th Century Lacquerware (漆器, shikki) miniature cabinets on stands. The decorative panels are of very fine quality. The cabinets are a 'true pair' that i...
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Edo 19th Century More Art
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$1,719 Sale Price
40% Off
Egypt in Words and Pictures - Rare Illustrated Book by Georg Ebers - 1879-1880
Located in Roma, IT
Egypt in words and pictures is an original rare book written by Georg Ebers between 1879 and 1880.
Two volumes. Eduard Hallberger publisher, bound editions, moldy and dirty spots, pages with cracks.
A marvellous edition of hundres of illustration depicting ancient Egypt and scene of ordinary life in late 19th Century.
Georg Moritz Ebers (1837-1898) was a German Egyptologist and writer. With his historical novels and popular science books...
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Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Still Life with Flowers
Located in Milford, NH
A nicely detailed still life with flowers in a blue vase by French artist Eugene Henri Cauchois (1850-1911). Cauchois was born in Rouen, France, was a student of Duboe, Cabanel and Q...
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19th Century More Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Victorian 19th Century Marine Oil of Ship and Boats off the Coast in Stormy Seas
By William Webb
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Marine 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas on stretchers, with Shipping off the Coast in a stiff breeze and stormy seas. Another fabulous maritime painting from William Web...
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Victorian 19th Century More Art
Materials
Oil
Victorian Marine Oil Painting Prison Hulk and Ships at Sunset on Medway England
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Marine Oil Painting depicting an Old Prison Hulk and other Shipping at Sunset on the Medway in England.
Oil painting on Canvas, mounted on stretchers and framed in its original ornate gilt frame, there is no visible signature on this piece but it is a genuine Thornley, anyone who is familiar with his work will know this and those that are not, will have absolutely no doubt this is by the hand of an extremely accomplished Painter.
Thornley remains a staple of the British Maritime Painting...
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Victorian 19th Century More Art
Materials
Oil
Oil Portrait of a Victorian Lady, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted in the 19th century, this exquisite miniature portrait wonderfully exemplifies realism in traditional oil painting. The small artwork is painted in the conventional portraiture style of the Old Masters, and achieves soft realism with fine brushwork and a subdued, neutral palette. The half length portrait depicts a fine Victorian woman dressed in all black with a delicate lace collar and bonnet. She wears a ruby broach...
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Old Masters 19th Century More Art
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Oil
Antique Italian Painted Hand Fan in a Glass Case
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century Italian hand fan, remarkably preserved with silvered metal sticks and guards depicting ancient gods, palm trees and classical emblemes. The paper leaves are h...
Category
Rococo 19th Century More Art
Materials
Silver
Le Doyen des Crapauds - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
Le Doyen des Crapauds is an original lithographs by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux", 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris.
Good Conditi...
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Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Vase Cristallerie with plants and butterfly
By Émile Gallé
Located in PARIS, FR
Cristallerie with plants and butterfly
by Emile GALLE (1846-1904)
Vase called "Cristallerie de Gallé"
with plants and butterfly decoration.
Gadrooned smoked glass,
decorated with op...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century More Art
Materials
Glass
Two Fridas
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida Painting " Two Fridas" (1892-1965) 1939, Gelatin Silver Print,
Category
19th Century More Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fully Restored 1891 Pease Upright Piano
Located in Chico, CA
The instrument is done in a Brazilian Rosewood finish and is of the carved Victorian style. The piano has been fully restored and refinished, inside and out, and the restoration was ...
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Victorian 19th Century More Art
Materials
Rosewood, Wood
Housatonic River at Cornwall
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Connecticut river landscape by American Hudson River artist John William Casilear (1811-1893). Casilear was born in New York City, began his study with master engraver Peter M...
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Hudson River School 19th Century More Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Vesuvius Lava Stone Writing Set. torre Del Greco (naples). XIX
Located in Firenze, IT
Very Rare Vesuvius lava stone writing set.
Torre del Greco (Naples).
19th century.
4 objects with small sculptures (cameos) depicting the poet Petrarch, mythological female figures, ...
Category
Folk Art 19th Century More Art
Materials
Stone, Brass
$426 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Victorian Maritime Oil HMS Ganges anchored, Sailors alighting off Fishing Boats
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Maritime Oil Painting of HMS Ganges anchored off Falmouth with Sailors alighting and on deck with Sailing Boats.
Oil on artists card, laid on board and framed in its orig...
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Victorian 19th Century More Art
Materials
Oil
Victorian Romantic Landscape Mountain View Framed Oil Painting
By Frank Hider
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Romantic Landscape Mountain View a Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Frank Hider, famous for his romantic landscapes with fanciful names, see below. Nevertheless he capture...
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19th Century More Art
Materials
Oil
Late 19th Century Chinese Decorated Metal Covered Ginger Jar in Japanese Style
Located in Beachwood, OH
Late 19th Century Chinese
Decorated Metal Covered Ginger Jar in the Japanese Style
Labeled on bottom Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York
9 x 7.5 x 7.5 inches
Ginger jars were used...
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19th Century More Art
Materials
Metal
Le Diable Boiteux - Rare Book Illustrated by Tony Johannot - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Le Diable Boiteux is an original modern rare book written by René Le Sage (Sarzeau, 1668 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1747) and illustrated by Tony Johannot (9 November 1803 – 4 August 1852) in 1840.
Original First Edition.
Published by Bourdin éditeur, Paris.
Format: large 8°.
The book includes 380 pages with several in text and full page illustrations.
Mint conditions.
Tony Johannot (9 November 1803 – 4 August 1852). Johannot was a French engraver, illustrator and painter. His historical paintings were exhibited at the Paris Salon for the first time in 1831. He became an illustrator much prized for his elegance, his diversity, and the lively character of his drawings, which were converted to engravings either by himself or by such artists as Jacques Adrien Lavieille, Émile Montigneul, and Alfred Revel. He was praised by Théophile Gautier.
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Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
La Tentation de St. Antoine - Edition Signed by Odilon Redon - 1896
By Odilon Redon
Located in Roma, IT
La Tentation de St. Antoine is an original modern rare book illustrated by Odilon Redon (Bordeaux, 1840 - Paris, France) and written by various authors...
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Symbolist 19th Century More Art
Materials
Lithograph
La Femme aux Figues
By Paul Gauguin
Located in New York, NY
Etching on laid paper, with full margins, 1894.
Based on the inscription in upper left "Ches Seguin a St. Julien", the scene represented is in Armand Sequin's (Gaugiun's friend) B...
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Post-Impressionist 19th Century More Art
Materials
Etching
Vintage shell cameo earrings
Located in Firenze, IT
Earrings with cameos depicting Vesuvius and the sea with the sailing ship.
Antique cameos, hand carved at the end of the 19th century.
Cameo hand engraved on shell and filigree.
Ital...
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Naturalistic 19th Century More Art
Materials
Steel
$208 Sale Price
20% Off
Puppet (flat), round eyes, pink face Wayang Klitik, 19th C
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Indonesian shadow puppet/Wayang kulit, 19th century
Wayang kulit, or Indonesian shadow puppets are typically carved out of water buffalo hide and wood. T...
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19th Century More Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Le Rire - Magazine - 1896
Located in Roma, IT
Le Rire is a Comic Magazine published in 1906, reproducing drawings by Bob (1849–1932).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, except for some torn paper on the left margin.
Signed, ...
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Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Ballads - Rare Book Illustrated by William Blake - 1805
Located in Roma, IT
Ballads is an original modern rare book written by William Hayley (Chichester 1745 - Felpham, Sussex, 1820) and illustrated by Sir William Blake (London, 1757 - London, 1827) in 1805...
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19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Late 19th Century Bird's Eye Maple Picture Frame with Cushion Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful late 19th century bird's eye maple frame with cushion profile. Complete with glazing and a sturdy brass hanger. Measurements for the frame: Window 29cm X 22cm. Rebate 31....
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19th Century More Art
Large 1880s American Gilt Barbizon Frame with Acanthus & Cartouche Motifs
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Late 19th-Century American Gilt Frame with Ornamental Acanthus Details
This impressive 1880s American giltwood frame exemplifies the richly decorative style embraced by the Barbizon ...
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Barbizon School 19th Century More Art
Materials
Wood
Americana 1848 pokerwork pyrography panel Prophet or Gospel writer Pennsylvania
Located in Norwich, GB
a wonderful antique pokerwork/pyrography panel by I W Wells, an American artist who flourished between 1845 - 1880. He was active in Pennsylvania/Philadelphia, yet most of his work is conserved in the Pinto Collection, which is part of the Birmingham Museums Trust in the UK. A portrait of Tennyson by Wells is in the Virginia State...
Category
Outsider Art 19th Century More Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Etching
A "Tristesse" vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in PARIS, FR
A "Tristesse" vase
by Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
An exceptional and extremely rare vase known as "Vase de tristesse" ("Vase of Sadness"),
raised on a molded foot.
Made of double-layere...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century More Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Les Fleurs Animées - Rare Book by J.J Grandville - 1847
Located in Roma, IT
Les Fleurs Animées is an original modern rare book engraved by Jean Jeacques Grandville (Nancy, 1803 – Vanves, 1847) and written by Taxile De...
Category
Modern 19th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
'Foggy Mountain', by Unknown, Japanese Antique Scroll
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 77" x 22" Japanese Antique Scroll depicts a serene and foggy landscape painting on silk with a figure positioned in the lower half of the...
Category
Edo 19th Century More Art
Materials
Silk, Paper, Watercolor
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Florentine singer / - The Renaissance of the Renaissance -
By Paul Dubois
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Dubois (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905 Paris), Florentine singer, 1865. Light brown patinated bronze with cast round plinth mounted on a square marble base (3.5 cm high). Total height 53 cm. Bronze dimensions: 49.5 cm (height) x 20 cm (length) x 10 cm (width), weight 5.6 kg. Inscribed on the plinth "P.[aul] DUBOIS", dated "1865", with the foundry's mark "F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR" and the signet "REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS".
- Patina very occasionally darkened, lute with loss of one tuning peg, otherwise in excellent condition.
- The renaissance of the Renaissance -
The bronze is a precisely executed and masterfully cast contemporary reduction of Paul Dubois 155 cm tall masterpiece "Florentine Singer", which is exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay and for which the artist was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Paris Salon in 1865. The work acted as a beacon, and was followed by a plethora of depictions of juveniles.
Inspired by Donatello and Luca della Robbia, but also by painters such as Piero della Francesca, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Pinturicchio, the "Florentine Singer" is not an epigonal work that pays homage to a vanished era, but a successful attempt to draw vitality from the art of the past and thus give it new life.
The effect of vitality is the core of Italian Renaissance art theory. In order to fulfill itself as art, art had to appear like nature. This naturalism also characterizes the "Florentine Singer". The young man appears to have been taken from life, which is reinforced by the momentary nature of his action. He has just struck a now fading chord. In addition, the natural appearance is enhanced by the detailed shaping of the figurative details, such as the laces with the slightly curved leather of the shoes, the belt buckle, or the ornamentation on the body of the lute. Even the fingernails are clearly defined. Unlike the Renaissance, however, the effect of liveliness here is not based on the "discovery" of nature and the human body, but primarily on the rediscovery of the art of the Quattrocento. The liveliness of the artwork is therefore at the same time a revitalization of this art, so that we can speak of a Renaissance of the Renaissance, just as the Pre-Raphaelites in England at the same time transferred the Quattrocento to contemporary art.
Dubois takes on the most difficult of all subjects, the depiction of singing through silent sculpture. He was preceded in this by Luca della Robbia and Donatello with their pulpits of singers created in the 1430s in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence. Compared to these works, the physiognomy of Dubois singer is far less animated, yet he also depicts singing in a convincing manner. He uses the whole body. He takes the ancient contrapposto, which was essential to Renaissance sculpture, and transforms the standing leg-playing posture into a late medieval S-swing, giving the body an elegant beauty and at the same time setting it in melodic motion. In the equally elegant finger position, the music is expressed in a much more literal way with the beating of the lute. Finally, the musicality of the sculpture culminates in the face with the mouth open to sing.
Through the act of singing, which is a great challenge to the artistic will to depict perfect beauty, the gracefulness of the classical face is not diminished, but enhanced. Starting from the face with the singing mouth and the gaze absorbed by the sounds, the inner vitality spreads, giving the bronze sculpture an intense aura, enhanced by the music. Dubois transfers the beauty of the Renaissance to the musical, sublimating the visible sculpture to the invisible of music.
He took up the challenge of transcending the Renaissance with the Renaissance, thus responding to the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes, which arose at the end of the 17th century around the French Academy and remained virulent into the 19th century, in which antiquity was regarded either as an unattainable ideal or as a standard to be surpassed. With his work, Dubois proved that the Renaissance, which had championed the art of the ancients, could lead to a new renaissance of art.
About the artist
Paul Dubois' great-uncle was the famous French Baroque sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, in whose footsteps the talented great-nephew followed. When he debuted at the Paris Salon in 1858, he signed his work "Dubois-Pigalle". At his father's request, however, he first studied law before devoting himself to sculpture under the tutelage of François Christophe Armand Toussaint in 1856 and entering the École des Beaux-Arts in 1858. From 1859 to 1863, he lived in Rome and traveled to Naples and Florence. Inspired by Florentine art of the quattrocento, Dubois initiated a school-forming neo-Florentine style that combined the elegantly simple forms of youthful grace with a precise wealth of detail.Two purchases by the French state (“envois de Rome”) were made during his stay in Rome, which brought him recognition in Paris. After his return there, he quickly became an internationally sought-after artist.
Dubois was also active as a creator of monuments. His most famous work is the equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (1896) on the forecourt of Reims Cathedral. He was also a sought-after portraitist who produced around 50 busts and - Dubois was also a passionate painter - around 100 portraits in oil.
From 1873 to 1878 he was curator of the Museum du Luxembourg, in 1876 he became a member of the Institut de France and from 1878 to 1905 he was director of the École des Beaux-Arts.
In 1865, Dubois was awarded the Paris Salon Medal of Honor for his “Florentine Singer”. In 1867 he became Chevalier, in 1874 Officier, in 1886 Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, which awarded Dubois the Grande Croix in 1896.
Selected Bibliography
Stole, Elmar: Paul Dubois. In: Saur. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, vol. 30, Munich - Leipzig 2001, pp. 677-678.
GERMAN VERSION
Paul Dubois (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905 Paris), Florentinischer Sänger, 1865. Hellbraun patinierte Bronze mit gegossener runder Plinthe auf quadratischem Marmorsockel montiert (3,5 cm Höhe). Gesamthöhe 53 cm. Maße der Bronze: 49,5 cm (Höhe) x 20 cm (Länge) x 10 cm (Breite), Gewicht 5,6 kg. Auf der Plinthe mit „P.[aul] DUBOIS“ bezeichnet, auf „1865“ datiert, mit dem Gießereistempel „F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR“ und dem Signet „REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS“ versehen.
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Icilio Federico Joni.
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Book Cover size 11 inches x 8.1 inches ( 28cm x 20.5cm ).
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The gesso and painted surfaces have benefitted from professional restoration which was performed on our instruction, supervision and approval.
This antique book cover is in very good condition, commensurate with its age.
The frame presentation is new and in excellent condition. Combined, it wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
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