Nouveau Riche
Early-20th Century Animalier Bronze Entitled "Seated Alsatian" by Louis Riché
By Louis Riché
Located in London, GB
fine colour, signed L.Riché and stamped with foundry seal for Thiebaut Frères
Additional information
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,560
H 19.69 in W 18.12 in D 0 in
19th Century Work of Art Etching by Almery Lobel Riche Custom Framed, French
By Almery Lobel-Riche
Located in North Miami, FL
This black and white etching by Almery -Lobel Riche is in a custom gold leaf frame with deep cut
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Drawings
Materials
Silver Leaf
$1,800
H 19.75 in W 15.75 in D 1 in
Oil on Canvas painting of 'The Barber of Seville' by Luis Alvarez Catalá
Located in London, GB
. These works struck a chord with the 19th-century nouveau riche, who sought refuge in the past, yearning
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Paint
$38,922
H 18.5 in W 26.5 in D 2 in
Jean Granvigne - 20 Antique French Art Nouveau Sterling Serving Pieces - 1890s
By J. Granvigne
Located in Wilmington, DE
the nouveau riche, transcending social boundaries through their universal beauty.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Serving Pieces
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
$3,149 Sale Price / set
25% Off
A Rare Pair 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Greco Male Figurine Bookends
Located in Reading, Berkshire
industrialization in the United States in the 19th century, American Gilded Age nouveau riche adopted the Grand Tour
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bookends
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze, Spelter
$2,946 / set
H 7.09 in W 5.71 in D 1.58 in
What A Time To Be Alive Mirror Object by Mark Sturkenboom
By Mark Sturkenboom
Located in Geneve, CH
Lamborghini, Ferrari and Porsche. Cars that symbolize the current worship of the ‘nouveau riche’ and play with
Category
2010s Dutch Organic Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Other
$19,207 / item
H 49.22 in W 23.63 in D 7.88 in
What A Time To Be Alive Mirror Object by Mark Sturkenboom
By Mark Sturkenboom
Located in Geneve, CH
Lamborghini, Ferrari and Porsche. Cars that symbolize the current worship of the ‘nouveau riche’ and play with
Category
2010s Dutch Organic Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Other
$19,207 / item
H 49.22 in W 23.63 in D 7.88 in
The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, First Edition, 1922
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
is an exploration of the nouveau riche, New York City nightlife in the 1920s, and the inner dynamics
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
$2,750
H 8.25 in W 5.88 in D 2.13 in
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Art Deco Tantalus Set with 2 Geometric Etched Bottles
Located in Oakland, CA
sophisticated accessory displayed in the homes of the upper class and nouveau riche.
“Tantalus is a small
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Barware
Materials
Glass, Wood
Ming Glazed Terracotta Architectural Sculpture of a Dragon Fish
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
nouveau riche, who liked to surround themselves with artworks including lacquer work, paintings, prestige
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
"The Bazaar" Painting by American Tonalist Douglas Arthur Teed
By Douglas Arthur Teed
Located in Wiscasset, ME
found a healthy market within the homes of the nouveau-riche Detroit industrialists. He's exhibited in
Category
Vintage 1920s American Paintings
Antique Bronze Sculpture of Two Cats by Louis Riché, France, 1900
By Louis Riché
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze sculpture of two cats by Louis Riché.
Signed, with the foundry mark of Patrouilleau
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Bamboo and Rattan Italian Rectangular Coffee Table with Glass Top
By Bonacina, Tito Agnoli
Located in Roma, IT
Agnelli toured a nouveau riche American’s home, she remarked of her Hostess, ‘‘It will take her another
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Glass, Smoked Glass
H 18.12 in W 47.25 in D 18.12 in
Italian 19th Century Pair of Porphyry Tazzas, circa 1830
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
States in the 19th century, American Gilded Age nouveau riche adopted the Grand Tour for both sexes and
Category
Antique 1830s Italian Grand Tour Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porphyry
Antique Tiffany & Co Sterling Ewer, 1895
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
manufactured to the scale of the nouveau riche mansions constructed during the late nineteenth and early
Category
Antique 19th Century Pitchers
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Art Deco Modernist Macassar Three Bottle Tantalus, Betjemanns of London
By Betjemanns & Sons
Located in Oakland, CA
displayed in the homes of the upper class and nouveau riche.
“Tantalus is a small wooden cabinet
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Barware
Materials
Crystal, Metal
H 13 in W 14 in D 8 in
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Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632).
Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s.
The eldest son of Jan Breughel the Elder, Jan the...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Copper
18th century oil sketches for a Baroque interior - a pair
Located in London, GB
A FEAST OF THE GODS WITH VENUS AND BACCHUS
Collections:
With Appleby Brothers, London, June 1957;
Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1961;
John and Eileen Harris, acquired from the abo...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$243,263
H 36 in W 48.13 in
Large Oil on Canvas "Beggar Boys Playing Dice" After Bartolomé Esteban Murrillo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and large 19th century oil on canvas after Bartolomé Esteban Murrillo's (Spanish, 1617-1682) "Beggar Boys Playing Dice" (The original work by Murillo was painted in 1675). The...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Baroque Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood
$14,850 Sale Price
40% Off
H 69 in W 55 in D 5.75 in
18th century portrait of the artist’s daughter, Catharina, playing the cello
By Balthasar Denner
Located in Bath, Somerset
The sitter, seated in a yellow silk gown trimmed with a pink bow playing the cello, is believed to be the artist Balthazar Denner's eldest daughter Catharina (1715-1744), after his m...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$33,428
H 34.65 in W 29.53 in
Esther in the Women's House of Ahasuerus
By Artus Wolfort
Located in New York, NY
Born in Antwerp, Artus Wolffordt received his training in Dordrecht where he became a master in 1603 at the age of twenty-two. He returned to his native city in 1615 and initially w...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Resurrection of Christ
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
with “Mr. Scheer,” Vienna, by July 1918; where acquired by:
Jindřich Waldes, Prague, 1918–1941; thence by descent to:
Private Collection, New York
Literature:
Rudolf K...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
18th century allegorical painting of The Triumph of Beauty
Located in London, GB
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93
What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$250,714
H 50 in W 36 in
19th Century Baroque Oil Painting Rococo Scene
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil painting of a rococo scene 19th century F. Heinz.
Oil on mahogany plate. Scene of a rococo group of people. Return with Inventory number. Unrestored historical condition. Gold f...
Category
Antique 19th Century German Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
A Fine French 19th Century Oil on Canvas 'A Young Girl Holding a Bird's Nest'
By Charles Joshua Chaplin
Located in LA, CA
Charles Joshua Chaplin (French, 1825-1891) 'The Bird's Nest' A very fine and charming Rococo revival style oil on canvas depicting a young girl, dressed in 18th century costume and r...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$64,500
H 38.63 in W 24.75 in D 2.38 in
19th-20th Century Oil on Panel An 18th Century Interior "Dressing for the Ball"
By Eduardo Leon Garrido
Located in LA, CA
Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) A very Fine oil on panel "Dressing for the Ball" depicting 18th century interior scene of a young 'High Society' maiden getting dressed for ...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
$64,500
H 34.25 in W 41.5 in D 2 in
Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
A Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer cabinet, c. 1750 (Regence Period)
A truly magnificent, monumental, and one of a kind cabinet, painted throughout with gi...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
The Bather by Childe Hassam
By Childe Hassam
Located in New Orleans, LA
Childe Hassam
1859-1935 American
The Bather
Signed and dated “Childe Hassam” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Considered by many to be America’s foremost Impressionist painter, Childe...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns, Mignard
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in Los Angeles, 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...
Category
Antique 17th Century French Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
$48,950 Sale Price
24% Off
H 25.25 in W 20.25 in D 3.5 in
Large Orientalist painting of an evening landscape by Lazerges
Located in London, GB
Large Orientalist painting of an evening landscape by Lazerges
French, 1895
Canvas: Height 74cm, width 100cm
Frame: Height 105.5cm, width 131cm, depth 8cm
This super Orientalist lan...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$118,156
H 41.54 in W 51.58 in D 3.15 in
Pair of French 18th Century École Française Oil on Canvas Portraits
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extraordinary and monumental pair of 18th century École Française Oil on Canvas portraits of Marie-Josèphe of Habsbourg of Austria (1699-1757), wife of Frederick Augustus II of Sa...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
$195,000 / set
H 104.5 in W 63.5 in D 4 in
The Triumph of Bacchus, a large oil painting by Ferdinand Leeke
Located in London, GB
The Triumph of Bacchus, a large oil painting by Ferdinand Leeke
Oil-on-canvas, German, 1918
Frame: height 175cm, width 227cm, depth 10cm
Canvas: height 148cm, width 200cm, depth 3cm
...
Category
1910s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$118,156
H 175 in W 227 in D 10 in
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