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French School, The Bath of Venus, circa 1720

circa 1720

The Namur painter and engraver, Louis Decoeur (1884-1960) became a member of “L’Effort” around 1910. This artist’s association provided a free studio for painters in Brussels, on the...

The 39-year-old gentleman had himself portrayed as an aristocrat in an idyllic landscape. At the time, parks and forests were environments associated with the lands and pastimes of t...

The portrait represents a man, estimated to be 60 years of age, standing turned to the viewer's right, looking at the viewer with a commanding expression. He has a moustache and beard and wears a high fur cap. He wears a brown mantle over a whitish shirt and, over it, a heavy gold chain...

This charming bucolic landscape bathes in a soft yellow light. A lady on horseback, accompanied by a boy on a donkey, stops near a shepherd. The herd looks at two fishers and quietly...

After Athena was born fully armed from Zeus' forehead, Triton, acting as a foster parent to the goddess, raised her alongside his daughter, Pallas. The sea god taught both girls the ...

Portrait of Sultan Isa Çelebi (died 1403),identity inscribed in Latin. Portrait of Sultan Murad III (1546–1595), identity inscribed in Latin. The present paintings refer to the works attributed to a follower of Paolo Veronese in the Bayerische Staatsgemälde Sammlungen , Würzburg . The paintings are comparable and complementary to a set of 6 Turkish rulers sold in 2022 for 1,5 M. by Sothebys. Located at the crossroads of East and West, the Ottoman Empire absorbed a diverse range of influences, including Chinese, European, and Persian, to produce a distinctive and coherent artistic language throughout a range of decorative arts. Ottoman expansion into Eastern Europe and subsequent access to the silver mines of the Balkans between the 14th and 16th C. led to a rich and skilled tradition of Ottoman silverware, tiles, dishes, and other ceramic objects. From the 16th to 19th C. the production of decorative arts continued to flourish with the introduction of both rococo and baroque elements signalling an increasingly open attitude to all things European. The production of Orientalist paintings is rich in topographical landscapes of Istanbul, genre scenes, and portraits of Ottoman notables. Europe’s fascination with its powerful, Muslim neighbours inspired a wave of accounts and paintings of the Ottoman world. The taking of Constantinople in 1453 by the young Mehmet II ('The Conqueror’) not only sparked this interest, but the young Sultan himself, who invited European painters to his court, further fuelled this fashion. The period following his reign saw relations between the Republic of Venice and its powerful neighbour reach a state of relative calm, initiating a period of exchange and trade. The present portraits of the Sultans, depicted in three-quarter view and wearing a large turban and richly embroidered cloak...

Charles LOYEUX (Paris 1823 - Arnouville 1899) Élégante en promenade Oil on canvas H. 46 cm; L. 27.5 cm Signed lower left As a pupil of Paul Delaroche, ...

Charles HERMANN-LÉON (born Léon Charles Sigismond HEMRMANN) (Le Havre 1838 - Paris 1908) Portrait of a young woman Oil on canvas H. 54 cm; L. 41 cm Signed and dated upper right - 187...

Marianne LOIR (Paris 1705 – Paris 1783) Presumed portrait of Jean-Jacques-Blaise Baloin de Belvèse, Baron de Vennac (?-1781) Oil on oval canvas H. 54.5 cm; W. 46 cm (around 90 cm hig...

L. FROSSARD (active in Vienna around 1870) Portrait of Adelina Patti (1843-1919) Oil on canvas H. 100.5 cm; L. 73.5 c Signed lower left If the artist maintains a certain discretion ...

Jules Ambroise Francois NAUDIN (Paris 1817 – c.1876) Tasso arriving at his sister's house in Sorrento Oil on canvas H. 49 cm; L. 37.5 cm Signed lower right Exhibition: 1852, Paris Salon, under number 959 Related work: Engraving by Jean-Denis Nargeot in 1852 Bibliography: L’Illustration, April 24, 1852, engraved by Best, Hottelin and Regnier, after a drawing by Valentin) and reproduced p.260, cited p.262; La Mode: Political, Religious and Literary Review, 1852, quoted; Journal des Demoiselles...

French school circa 1800 Portrait of a child in the clouds H. 40 cm; L. 32 cm This luminous portrait is that of a child of three or four years old, represented in the clouds. The ve...