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Antique German Orientalist Painting of a Cairo Street by Macco

Early 20th Century

This charming painting depicts a group of gentlemen gathered around a kitchen table and admiring an English Setter. The snowy rooftops, just visible from the kitchen window, combined with the lit fire and holly decorating the picture frames in the room, implies that this is a Christmas scene. It also appears that the gentlemen have just returned from a fox hunt, and are now warming themselves, drinking port and smoking long pipes by the fire. Five men — three gathered behind the table and two standing in front — are identically dressed in long black riding boots...

Orientalist oil painting depicting the trade of a horse by Pilny Swiss, 1913 Canvas: Height 80cm, width 121cm Frame: Height 102cm, width 142cm, depth 6cm This beautiful Orientalist...

‘Petrarch’s First Sight of Laura’ early 19th century oil painting by Henry Nelson O’Neil British, c. 1840 Canvas: Height 129cm, width 176cm Frame: Height 165cm, width 207cm, depth 12cm Painted by a renowned Victorian artist, Henry Nelson O’Neil (British, 1817-1880) around 1840, this very fine oil on canvas depicts the first meeting of Petrarch and Laura in a Church in Avignon in 1327. Petrarch (1304-1374) was an Italian Early Renaissance...

Large antique oil painting by Chierici entitled ‘The Mask’, 1869 Italian, 1869 Canvas: Height 72cm, width 96cm Frame: Height 95cm, width 118cm, depth 8cm This large-scale oil painting is by the Italian artist Gaetano Chierici (1838-1920). Considered one of the greatest Italian genre painters of his time, Chierici is known for his charming familial scenes, rendered with an almost photographic level of realism. This painting is a version of one of his most favoured scenes, entitled La Maschera (‘The Mask’). A similar larger version by the artist dated to 1874 was sold at Christie’s, ‘19th Century European Art Sale’, 2013, lot 19 (£133,875). The painting depicts a humorous squabble between siblings, mediated by their mother. The young girl clings to her mother's leg in fear, whilst her brother taunts her with a frightening theatrical mask. The mother’s mouth hangs open, likely about to scold her son for his teasing. An assortment of objects are littered over the room, including shelled pea pods, cutlery, and paper scrapes, adding to the sense of chaos. Chierici effectively captures the tumultuous atmosphere, and the emphasis on the dynamics between the family members is typical of his work. Also to be noted are the exceptional technical qualities of the work. The pictorial realism of the figures and the surrounding kitchen is achieved through the multiple layers of thin paints and glazes, resulting in a lifelike sheen. Chierici’s use of colour is also superb, contrasting the browns and neutrals of the kitchen with pops of colour from the mother’s red headscarf and the teal cabinet...

Painting of Jewish Temple in Miami Beach Modeled after the Great Synagogue in Oran, Algeria, it endures as an historical landmark in the Art-Deco cityscape of Miami Beach. Architect...

From a collection by a long time Miami Beach art dealer on the old Lincoln Rd. This is a piece he brought back from hungary. from a collection of good Hungarian artists and Illustrat...

the Shop Window New York City, 1940s 17.75X25 sight size. Maurice Becker (1889–1975) was a radical political artist best known for his work in the 1910s and 1920s for such publica...

Whisky jug with apple blossom By Maggie LaPorte-Banks [2022] This impressionistic still life features the black whisky jug, traditionally used for storing moonshine. I love this old...