Giacomo Mantegazza

'An idle evening in the seraglio', antique Orientalist painting

1876

Early 20th century English oil painting of a chapel by Frank Moss Bennett English, 1918 Canvas: Height 35cm, width 25cm Frame: Height 57cm, width 47cm, depth 6cm This atmospheric oi...

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...

Italian oil on canvas painting of a lacemaker by Paoletti Italian, late 19th Century Frame: Height 119cm, width 93cm, depth 5cm Canvas: Height 101cm, width 76cm This beautiful paint...

Spanish Orientalist oil painting of the Alcázar of Seville by López Cantero Spanish, Late 19th Century Canvas: Height 54cm, width 67cm Frame: Height 80cm, width 92cm, depth 3.5cm Th...

Signed lower right 'Jais' for Jais Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961), inscribed 'Vence' and dated 1949; additionally signed, verso. An exceptional late figural work by this pioneer of Mo...

Antique American modernist interior scene with a nude woman oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 22L x 26H.

Signed lower right "Sears" (American, 20th century) and dated 1960. A substantial, Expressionist style figural oil showing a partially-draped woman seated at a dressing-table and br...

A nude female reclines on an overstuffed chair, her hand raking through her hair. Beside her sits a tabby cat, thoroughly involved in its own hygiene. Another cat in the bottom lef...