Late 18th Century More Art

Profile of a lady in wax, Louis XVI period. Signed and dated 72 on the edge at shoulder level, signature to be deciphered. Framed, under glass. Period frame in gilded wood. Wax in go...

Delicate depiction of Mary with the Christ Child in bright colours against a suggested architectural backdrop with a green background. The painting has been executed on porcelain and...

Louis XVI clock called the "Pendule au Magicien" in gilt bronze and patina. The magician is showing with his wand a painting with 3 fleur-de-lys with the indication "de part du Roi"....

Considered a pinnacle artform of the ship modeling craft, bone ships made by French and Dutch prisoners captured and held by the British during the Napoleonic Conflict are among the most collectible maritime artifacts to be identified. This beautifully detailed model is of a British Second Rate Warship, so classified due to the number of guns it carried. Unusually large, this model's length, nearly 30 inches, puts it in the largest class of prisoner of war models...

This Revolutionary War period flintlock pistol was made by Thomas Ketland, Sr. a successful firearms maker who was in business under this name from around 1760. He began to export weapons in 1790. The name Ketland continued as W. Ketland under his son and under Ketland and Walker with a later partner, though Thomas Sr. died in 1816. Signed on the lockplate T. Ketland & Co. with clear Birmingham proof marks which may be a later proofing of this weapon. The gun includes brass details and engraved floral elements and flourishes. There is wear to the gun consistent with use but the marks are clear and it is in good condition. A fine quality early flintlock pistol by a top maker of British guns...

Tempera on wood with metal riza, gilded in correspondence with the halos. The icon sees in the lower half a group of six saints, whose name is indicated in Greek characters, while in...

The wax bas-relief depicts Venus sitting on a group of rocks teaching to Cupid in front of her. The wax is worked on a slate support and inserted in a carved and gilded coeval frame;...

Lovely soft gouache landscape scene titled "Paysage avec Chateau et Cours d'Eau" (Landscape with Castle and Stream) by artist Louis Gabriel Moreau in 1787. Framed in gold gilt frame. Artist Biography: Louis Gabriel Moreau, a gifted draughtsman, etcher and painter of landscapes, had a prodigious career. After studying with Pierre-Antoine de Machy, who specialized in painting Grand Tour themes - landscapes redolent with Classical ruins and tromp-l'oeil architectural scenes, he went on to become a member of the Academie de St. Luc, artist to Comte d'Artois (later King Charles X), and curator of the National Museum in Paris. Moreau, a master of watercolors and gouaches, combined the picturesque architectures of his master de Machy with naturalistically, almost plein-air-rendered, topographical landscapes in the Ile-de-France region just outside of Paris. Moreau's fascination with the effects of light at different times of the day precipitated his use of a lighter palette, characterized by warm yellows and verdant foliage punctuated by deep ultramarine blues instead of browns. Moreau's predilection for natural light made him equally successful following the French Revolution, in which the Third Estate toppled the landed gentry and their royal established academies. Before 1789, French castles and estates in lush settings of abundance were Moreau's preferred subject; the painting offered exemplifies this style - a style upon which he established himself as an artist for nearly twenty-five years exhibiting annually at the Academie de St. Luc. Following the Revolution, Moreau's, bright palette and light drenched compositions with voluminous clouds and ruins dotting the low horizon remained; his subjects, on the other hand, became distinctly more humble, showcasing the daily life of farmers, fishermen, modest structures and gardens. Both Moreau's pre- and post-Revolutionary paintings...

Origin/country: French Medium: Wool and Silk Dimensions: Height: 70”x Width: 79” Date/period: Late 18th Century Signature/markings: N/A Condition: Good