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Amercan Merchant Ship in Philadelphia Harbor
By Thomas Birch
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
. The details of the city are particularly good in this painting, with the wharf building to the left
Category
1840s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Farmers and Merchants Bank, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air painting of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Downtown Los Angeles. :: Painting
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Farmers and Merchants Bank, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
. This painting was done for the 2018 Los Angeles Plein Air Festival. I won the Grand Prize for one of my
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century British Merchant Steamship Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charming 19th Century nautical painting of a British merchant steamship at sea. In the painting
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Paintings
Materials
Wood, Glass
Huge European Antique Oil Painting Merchants & Ships in Ancient Trading Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Century School
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 39.5 x 36 inches
canvas: 34 x 30 inches
the painting is in
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge European Antique Oil Painting Merchants & Ships in Ancient Trading Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Century School
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 39.5 x 36 inches
canvas: 34 x 30 inches
the painting is in
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Rich Merchant - Painting by Unknown - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
painting on canvas depicting a merchant looking at a coin in his left hand. Provenace: France
The artwork
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 18th Century Italian Oil Painting Shipping in Merchant Port Many Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Merchants Port
Italian School, 18th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 37 x 58
Category
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Sword Merchant
By Addison Thomas Millar
Located in New York, NY
ADDISON THOMAS MILLAR
American, 1850-1913
The Sword Merchant
Signed Addison T Millar
Oil on
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Venetian School, Ottoman Honey Merchant
Located in London, GB
earliest and most refined recorder of Ottoman secular life.
In the present painting, the honey merchant
Category
Early 17th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Merchant Ship (Square Abstract Gouache Painting on Paper in Earth Green Palette)
By James O'Shea
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract gouache on paper painting in earth green tones created by Hudson Valley based artist
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
The Merchant Of Venice - Figurative Painting by Norberto Martini
Located in Carmel, CA
presence of his magical paintings.
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 42 in W 32.5 in D 2 in
Large Marine Oil Painting Continental Harbour Merchants & Fishermen Trading
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
D.Lucas
Classical Italianate Landscape
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 21 x 27 inches
board
Category
20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Midcentury Oil on Canvas Painting Merchants in an Old Jerusalem Market Setting
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Midcentury impressionist view of a market possibly in Old Jerusalem. Great color and subject matter. Signed but cannot decipher. Period 1960s Frame.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
H 33.5 in W 24 in D 2 in
Fish Merchant-Antoine Néron Bancel, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
Located in Paris, FR
drawing and painting. He likes black and white but also develops a very personal treatment of color, which
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
H 28.35 in W 36.23 in D 1.97 in
Harbor View with Merchants and a Mosque - 19th Century - Painting - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Harbor View with Merchants and a Mosque, Greek-Roman Buildings and Ships on Background. In
Category
19th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 25.6 in W 30.52 in D 0.48 in
The Rug Merchant, 19th Century Orientalist Oil Signed Oil Painting, 1879
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
1808, the son of a piano teacher and a singer. He studied both painting and architecture in his youth
Category
1870s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Oil on Copper Italian Religious Painting Merchants, 1860
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
subject Expulsion of merchants from the temple with good pictorial quality. Painting of great measure and
Category
Antique 1860s Italian Paintings
Materials
Copper
H 53.15 in W 38.98 in D 0.79 in
Pair of Orientalist Paintings of Rug Merchants by Amedeo Simonetti
By Amedeo Simonetti
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of orientalist watercolor paintings depicting Rug Merchants by Amedeo Simonetti.
Maker
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Hummas Merchant" Oil painting 35" x 35" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hummas Merchant" Oil painting 35" x 35" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Sun Merchant - Acrylic Painting Colors Black Red Blue Purple White Yellow
By Simon Richard Halimi
Located in Sofia, BG
"The Sun Merchant" is an abstract style painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
The Merchant Of Happiness - Large Abstract Painting Grey Beige Red White Brown
By Simon Richard Halimi
Located in Sofia, BG
"The merchant of happiness"
is an abstract and figurative painting by the French artist Maestro
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 59.06 in W 59.06 in D 0.79 in
Original French Orientalist Painting of a Sword Merchant by Addison Millar
By Addison Thomas Millar
Located in New York, NY
19th century orientalist painting of a sword merchant by Addison Millar
Maker: Addison Thomas
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings
Materials
Wood
"The Kunafeh Merchant" Oil Painting 27" x 31" inch (1960) by Youssef Sida
By Youssef Sida
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Kunafeh Merchant" Oil Painting 27" x 31" inch (1960) by Youssef Sida
Signed and dated
1960
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Fine Orientalist Watercolor Painting a Carpet Merchant by Eugene Louis Lami
By Eugène Lami
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Eugene Louis Lami (1800-1890)
Origin: French
Medium: Watercolor
Signature: Signed L/R "E. Lami"
Dimension: 25 in x 18 1/2 in (image); 30 1/2 in x 24 in (frame)
Category
Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Paper
Set of Four Naive Folk Art Portraits
Located in Milford, NH
Gloucester. By the early 1960s, Earle Merchant was focusing intently on painting, creating portraits, nude
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dutch Colonial Japanese Scroll Painting of Chief Merchant Doeff
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, watercolor on paper, mounted on silk and textile covered paper scroll, not signed.
Measures: Painting
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
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H 74.41 in W 25.01 in D 0.4 in
The Merchant Abundant Orientalist Watercolor Painting by Gustavo Simoni
Located in New York, NY
Merchant Abundant
A merchant walks through a covered marketplace draped in rugs and holding
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Large Italian Painting of a Merchant Ship "The Venetian Workers' Society Offers"
Located in Katonah, NY
A unique work of art, this charming painting was hand painted in Italy in the mid-19th century
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 27 in W 33 in D 1 in
Portrait of a Merchant
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in London, GB
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guercino
Italian 1591-1666
Portrait of a Merchant
Sanguine on laid
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Ted Jones Dublin Ireland Irish Oil Painting on Canvas Merchants Arch City View
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Merchants Arch, just beside the River Liffey. This painting is captivating and exhibits Ted Jones work at
Category
20th Century Irish Victorian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
H 24 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
Max Finné - The Merchant Portrait after Hans Holbein
Located in Savannah, GA
Max Finné
(German, c.1880-c.1960)
A Portrait of the Hanseatic merchant Georg Giese, copied from
Category
Vintage 1920s German Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
American Merchant Ship S.S. PLEIADES, Later WWI US Navy Ship USS PLEIADES
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
merchant ships on March 22, 1917 - and since the ship appears armed in this painting it's likely this was
Category
1910s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orientalist Watercolor Painting a Carpet Merchant by Eugene Louis Lami
By Eugène Louis Lami
Located in New York, NY
The Carpet Seller depicts a man in a domed Fez hat as he is approached by three women and a child. Middle eastern architecture floods the scene. The way the paint is applied creates ...
Category
19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Georgian Contemporary Art by Giorgi Kukhalashvili - Expulsion of The Merchants
By Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Located in Paris, IDF
aspirations and interest in the religious topics. Later in 2000, he finished his painting “Christmas Mystery
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 35.44 in W 41.34 in D 1.58 in
"LANTERN PEDDLER. SAN FRANCISCO, 1905" CHINESE, MERCHANTS 64 x 54 framed
By Mian Situ
Located in San Antonio, TX
traveled extensively in that country, he
creates impressionist paintings that focus on depicting the
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The SS. San Jose', American Merchant Marine, United Fruit Company Freighter
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
The S.S. San Jose shown making way in medium water. This early refrigerated freighter, built in 1904, was designed to transport bananas between the Caribbean and the American mainlan...
Category
1910s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
H 11.75 in W 18 in D 0.13 in
17th century German portrait of a man - Wine merchant Caspar Roemerskirchen 1628
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century German portrait of the wine merchant Caspar Roemerskirchen at the age of 26 in 1628
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Welder Merchant Ship, Ink Drawing by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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WELDER, Merchant Ship
Bodycolour and ink
25.5 x 56 cm
Signed lower right
Provenance: Laurence Dunn
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Roman Merchant Ship - Drawing by Vincenzo Bizzarri -2016
Located in Roma, IT
This work entitled "Roman merchant ship" was made by Vincenzo Bizzarri in 2016 with ink and
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
H 9.18 in W 13 in D 0.04 in
17th Century by Giulio Benso The Expulsion of the Merchants From the Temple
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Expulsion of the merchants from the Temple by Christ. Christ is recognisable in the centre of the
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 48.04 in W 67.33 in D 1.97 in
Merchant - Original Drawing in Pen by Jean Albert Grand-Carteret - 20th Century
By Jean Albert Grand-Carteret
Located in Roma, IT
Merchant is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by the French artist Jean Albert Grand
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL C. 1820'S - PORTRAIT OF MERCHANT ON SHIP WITH GLOBE & MAP
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
armed British merchantman through a window. A very fine and rare work.
Medium: oil painting on canvas
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Copeland Porcelain Plaque Depicting the Casket Scene from the Merchant of Venice
By Copeland
Located in London, GB
Copeland porcelain plaque depicting the Casket Scene from The Merchant of Venice
English, Late
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
H 18.71 in W 25.79 in D 1.97 in
18th-19th Century Watercolor Coat of Arms of Company of Merchant Taylors
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
18th to 19th century framed watercolor Coat of Arms of the Company of Merchant Taylors of the City
Category
Antique 19th Century English Baroque Paintings
Materials
Maple, Paint
H 14.13 in W 12.25 in D 1 in
Merchant - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1995
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Merchant is an original drawing in mixed media, ink and watercolor realized by Sergio Barletta in
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Ink
H 28.35 in W 20.08 in D 0.04 in
19th Century Oil On Canvas Titled ‘Dean Swift & The Young Merchant’ By T.P. Hall
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century oil on canvas titled ‘Dean Swift & The Young Merchant’ by Thomas P. Hall.
Thomas Paul
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
H 35 in W 30.5 in D 2 in
Family Portrait in Market - British 1914 art Post Impressionist oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming early twentieth century Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by British Jewish
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil painting of a House and Garden, Morristown, New Jersey in 1908
By Frank Waller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
goods merchant. He studied drawing at the Free Academy of the City of New York (known since 1961 as the
Category
Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gouache Painting Jules Pascin Hand Signed Woman in Boudoir German Expressionism
By Jules Pascin
Located in Surfside, FL
paintings and drawings. He later became an American citizen. His most frequent subject was women, depicted
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Cardboard, Gouache
A Stream in the Forest - British Victorian 1859 art landscape oil painting
By George Cole
Located in London, GB
exhibiting in 1840. One anecdote has him painting the portrait of a Dutch merchant in Portsmouth. After the
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Snail in a Bowl (Artist Proof inscribed to Fritz Eichenberg)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Leonard Merchant's mezzotint, "Snail in Cup" is inscribed for fellow artist, Fritz Eichenberg
Category
1980s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
English 19th century portrait painting of a Pointer dog in a woodland landscape
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Bath, Somerset
John Frederick Herring, born in London in 1795, was the son of a London merchant of Dutch parentage
Category
1830s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Two Horses in a Landscape - British 19thC equine art oil painting
By George Cole
Located in London, GB
. One anecdote has him painting the portrait of a Dutch merchant in Portsmouth. After the sitter refused
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 32 in W 37 in D 2 in
19th Century genre oil painting of a woman & child in a Welsh cottage
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
cottage interiors. The artist was known to have visited North Wales around the time this painting was
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 21.5 in W 26.5 in D 3 in
Horses in a Landscape - Scottish 1960's equine art oil painting female artist
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
This superb oil painting of horses is by Scottish female artist Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1960
Category
1960s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Lady in Ermine Stole - British 19th century art female oil painting
Located in London, GB
This wonderful 19th century interior portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Martin
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century painting of the Dalbiac family in the gardens of a country house
By Charles Philips
Located in Bath, Somerset
The painting depicts James (Jacques) Dalbiac, his wife Louise (ne de la Porte) and their five
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Painting on Canvas by Steve Balkin 'VENUS de FLORIDE'
Located in Hudson, NY
Steve Balkin (1938-2023)
This painting was purchased from Balkin's estate. It came from his home in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.5 in
Abstract Painting on Canvas by Warhol Factory Artist Steve Balkin
Located in Hudson, NY
Steve Balkin (1938-2023)
This painting was purchased from Balkin's estate. It came from his home in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.5 in
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