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Chinese Bed Canopy of Phoenix and Fruits, Paint on Wood Panel, c. 1850

c. 1850

The experience of art itself can be an intimate one, and this bed canopy, hand-painted over 100 years ago by an artist in Canton, was more intimate than most. Delicately painted pheasants...

Thoughts of a long, happy life greeted the young couple who gazed up from their bed on this canopy panel. Adorned with chrysanthemums and peaches, both symbols of longevity, the lyri...

With exquisite detail and sparkling color, this portrait of a young woman is a remarkable example of reverse glass painting. Lending the finished work a subtle three-dimensional effe...

This colorful floral still life is a charming example of Chinese reverse glass painting. Popularized during the Qing dynasty, reverse glass painting requires an artist to essentially...

This intricately detailed composition is a late-Qing dynasty ancestor portrait depicting several generations of a family's male ancestry. Or...

Since the 12th century people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes—the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a room. ...

Study of a dog Oil on paper laid down on panel, 17.5 x 25.5 cm Provenance Private collection, the Netherlands Note: We are grateful to Mr Fred Meijer for his attribution to Ludolf de Jongh Ludolf de Jongh was the son of a shoemaker. When his father moved to Rotterdam, the young Ludolf decided to learn art rather than shoemaking and became a pupil of Cornelis Saftleven. Later he studied under Anthony Palamedes in Delft and still later with Jan van Bijlert in Utrecht. In 1635 he travelled to France with Francis Bacon. Seven years later, in 1642, he returned to the Netherlands when he heard that his mother had fallen ill. He set up a shop in Rotterdam, and his earliest signed paintings date from that year. According to Houbraken, his travels had caused him to speak French so fluently, that his parents had to learn French in order to speak with him. De Jongh’s work shows a strong influence from the Utrecht school of Caravaggio admirers, especially Jacob Duck...

Cavagnaro again toys with anthropomorphism. This work is a playful mirror, as the artist encourages the viewer to see themselves in the subject.

Oil, xerox transfer, and blue and gold foil, metal leaf on wood panel Dinosaur painting, parasaurolophus, extinct animals, animal art, miniature oil ...

Oil, xerox transfer, and metal leaf, gold foil on wood panel Steppe mammoth, tusks, elephant, gold leaf Animal art, miniature painting Hand signed by artist Certificate of Authentici...

Oil, xerox transfer, and blue and gold foil, metal leaf on wood panel Deer, buck, antlers. Animal art, miniature painting Hand signed by artist Certificate of Authenticity Framing av...

Amazon River (2019), oil painting, ecosystem, animals, pastels, jaguar, fauna "Amazon River" by Alexis Kandra. Figurative oil painting with holographic foil on wood panel. Amazonian ecosystem, animals of Amazon River Basin and Rainforest, South America, fauna. Jaguar, tapir, Amazon river dolphin (aka pink dolphin...