Meissen Grouping of Apollo's Sun Chariot with Sun Putti for Catherine the Great
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and quite large, Baroque style, Museum quality, antique Meissen Porcelain grouping of Apollo, the Sun God's, Sun Chariot with his Putti Servant, originally designed by ...
Porcelain
Large Meissen Porcelain Figurine Group 'Apollo & Daphne', By Juechtzer, Ca. 1860
By Christian Gottfried Juechtzer, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century: Apollo clothed with a cloak embraces Daphne from behind, who is fleeing from him and has already frozen into a ...
Porcelain
Very Large Mythological Meissen Group 'Apollo & Daphne' By J.J. Kaendler, C 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century: Apollo, clothed with a cloak, attempts to seize Daphne from behind as she flees from him and freezes into a lau...
Porcelain
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H 12.21 in W 17.33 in D 11.82 in
Large Porcelain Group of Apollo and His Chariot in the Style of Meissen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Large porcelain group of Apollo and his chariot in the style of Meissen German, 20th century Measures: Height 31cm, width 44cm, depth 30cm This impressive porcelain group, after...
Porcelain
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H 14.38 in W 6.3 in D 5.91 in
Large Meissen Porcelain Figurine Group 'Apollo & Daphne' By Juechtzer, Ca 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Christian Gottfried Juechtzer
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century: Apollo clothed with a cloak embraces Daphne from behind, who is fleeing from him and has already frozen into a ...
Porcelain
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H 14.57 in W 6.3 in D 5.52 in
'Apollo & Daphne', Large Meissen Porcelain Figurine Group By G. Juechtzer C 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Christian Gottfried Juechtzer
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century: Apollo clothed with a cloak embraces Daphne from behind, who is fleeing from him and has already frozen into a ...
Porcelain
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H 13 in W 14.18 in D 7.09 in
Meissen Group 'Triumph Of Apollo Over Python' for Catherine II of Russia, c 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent porcelain sculpture: Kaendler created the group Apollo and Python as a triangular composition in March and May of1774.
Porcelain
Mythological Meissen Figure of Apollo and Daphne
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Meissen mythological porcelain figure of Apollo and Daphne.
Porcelain
$23,836Sale Price|20% Off
H 42.92 in W 37.01 in
Madonna Child Del Sarto Paint Oil on table 16th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Madonna and Child Workshop of Andrea del Sarto, pseudonym of Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco (Florence 1486 - 1530) Attributable to Jacopo di Giovanni di Francesco, known as Jacone (...
Oil
$4,338Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.5 in W 24 in
Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting c. 1700's The Madonna Christ Child St. John
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna, Christ Child and St. John Italian Old Master, circa 1700's period oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas: 28.5 x 24 inches conditon: overall very good for its age, a fe...
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Meissen clock depicting the four seasons.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century German, Meissen porcelain clock on stand, having wonderful bold traditional colours, the figures representing the four seasons. The clock striking on...
Porcelain
The White Peacock
By Jessie Arms Botke
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jessie Arms Botke. "The White Peacock" is a wildlife impressionist painting, oil on canvas in a palette of whites, blues, and browns by female, American artist Jessie A...
Canvas, Oil
$15,000 / set
H 18.12 in W 12.21 in D 4.73 in
Pair of crystal candelabras signed Baccarat, France, late 19th century.
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of crystal candelabras signed Baccarat, France, late 19th century.
Crystal
$5,088Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.68 in W 5.12 in D 1.97 in
The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
De Doorluchtige Weereld – S. de Vries, François Halma, Amsterdam, 1700 Magnificent and complete three-volume set of De Doorluchtige Weereld (The Illustrious World), written by S. de...
Paper
Meissen Porcelain Mirror
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lavish Meissen porcelain serves as the extraordinary frame for this mirror. Exquisitely hand-painted in polychrome with gilt accents, the bountiful frame is adorned with all manner o...
Porcelain, Mirror
Pair of Meissen Porcelain Vases with Snake Handles
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Pembroke, MA
A highly-decorative pair of yellow porcelain vases, hand-painted with detailed central romantic scene, and having snake-form handles (Meissen, 19th century).
Porcelain
$153,770Sale Price|20% Off
H 64 in W 62 in D 2 in
Manor House with Cottages - British 18thC Old Master art oil painting VG prov.
By George Lambert
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning British Old Master landscape oil painting, with excellent provenance, is by George Lambert. Lambert was a pioneer of British landscape in art for its own sake. Painted ...
Oil
$37,344Sale Price|20% Off
H 44 in W 54 in D 2 in
Portrait of Putti Playing - French 17th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning French 17th century Old Master oil painting is by Baroque artist Laurent de la Hyre. It was painted circa 1645 and has excellent provenance from Christie's. The painti...
Oil
Large Meissen porcelain Rococo style centrepiece
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Large Meissen porcelain Rococo style centrepiece German, Late 19th Century Height 42cm, width 40cm, depth 25cm According to a design by E. A. Leuteritz, this superb centrepiece was ...
Porcelain
$24,322
H 25.5 in W 24 in
Les Baigneuses - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Pierre Montezin
By Pierre Eugène Montezin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in riverscape circa 1910 by sought after French impressionist painter Pierre Eugene Montezin. The work depicts bathers in a river on a sunny summer's day...
Canvas, Oil
$45,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 40 in W 26 in D 14 in
"Adam Fragment", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture, Figurative Man, Biblical
By Frederick Hart
Located in Dallas, TX
Adam Fragment, detail from the full-scale trumeau figure of Adam commissioned as part of The Creation Series at Washington National Cathedral. Bronze edition authorized by Washington...
Bronze
$82,456
H 60.63 in W 55.88 in
Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary, a painting by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, the great Lombard master of the mid-seventeenth century, is striking for its dazzling composition and the brilliant colors of Christ's tuni...
Canvas, Oil
$85,000 / set
H 40 in Dm 16 in
Palatial Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Candelabra
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Palatial Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Six Light Malachite Candelabra Finely casted gilt bronze and rococo and foliate arms above a spiraled carved malachite body ...
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
$44,850Sale Price|30% Off
H 25.25 in W 20.25 in D 3.25 in
Fine Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Jesus Christ Crowned with Thorns
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in LA, CA
A very fine Italian 17th century oval oil on canvas "Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns" Circle of Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within its original gilt wood and gesso carved f...
Oil, Canvas, Wood
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