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The Tragic Return Oil on Canvas Late 1800s

19th Century

Oil painting on canvas. French school of the seventeenth century. The scene, set at night in the garden of a villa, of which you can glimpse the ornate facade on the right and in which the fountain gushing with cherubs stands out, under a dark sky and further obscured by heavy clouds, proposes two figures who entertain each other in conversation : an elderly modestly dressed is sternly admonishing a seated young man, richly dressed, who seems instead to make the gesture of mea culpa with his hand. The physiognomy and the gestures of the two characters, together with the style of the clothes, would refer to the philosopher Aristotle who was called to the court of Macedon to be the tutor...

Oil on Canvas. The scene depicts a chamber concertino: in the center is the spinet player, behind him is the recorder player, and on the right side is the conducting maestro, who li...

Oil on Canvas. Signed and dated lower right, with additional inscription "Baden" (location?). The scene features a young couple in popular eighteenth-century clothing, sitting on a b...

Oil on canvas, applied to board. French School. Signed F. Barthélemy and dated 1876 at lower left. The scene is oriental in taste and setting, suggesting the education, domestic and...

The Discussion is an original oil on canvas realized in the 19th Century by an italian artist. Original oil tempera on board. Gilded wood Frame is included. 30.5 x 34.5 x 34.5 cm ...

A charming depiction of a young boy reading a paper titled 'The League'. Inscribed verso 'Sketch by E. Brothers'. Presented in a gilt frame with elaborate foliate ornamentation. On c...

This harsh winter scene depicts a horse-drawn sleigh paused in a remote snow-covered landscape. The man looks to be lost as he makes his three horses stand while deciding their next ...

Charming 19th Century painting of two boys chatting while one enjoys a smoke & another sneaking up from behind to steal their basket of food. No visible signature