$328,252
H 57 in W 87 in D 1 in
Childhood of Dante - British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite figurative oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
In 1904 she was on the committee of the Lyceum Club London along side Henrietta Rae, Marianne Stokes, Louise Jopling and Lucy Kemp-Welch.
Oil
French RomanticPainting Art nouveau Late 19th Farewell of the Knight
Located in PARIS, FR
As for the composition, that reminds in particular of the English woman painter of Austrian origin Marianne Stokes and her painting "Aucassin and Nicolette" from 1898 (Private collec...
Oil
$45,570
H 44.3 in W 34.26 in D 0.99 in
To the Calvary with Madaleine - Oil on Canvas by Ippolito Borghese - Early 1600
By Ippolito Borghese
Located in Roma, IT
To the Calvary with Maddalena is a superb and impressive original oil painting on canvas, realized by the Italian artist Ippolito Borghese (Sigillo, 1568 - after 1627) Original Tit...
Canvas, Oil
$25,400Sale Price|27% Off
H 56.5 in W 47.25 in D 33.25 in
'Pompeiana' Corner Cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 2 of 2 in 1988, Signed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 'much larger than it looks' collectors item is the 'Pompeiana' corner cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, completed in 1988, signed, dated and numbered 2 of 2. Fornasetti cabinets, es...
Brass
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1887
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty’s Spec...
Leather, Paper
$769,368
H 34.65 in W 56.89 in D 25.4 in
1750 Venezia Italy Blue and Green Lacquered Wooden Engraved Commode with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
There are a few pieces that can be called rare and extraordinary and this piece it can be. This is one-of-a-kind and unobtainable commode coming out from an Italian gentleman privat...
Wood, Lacquer
$65,000
H 31.5 in W 15.63 in
Nude Girl Venus doves grapes Art Deco Vénus Bronze colombes aux raisins
By Auguste Gilbert Privat
Located in Miami, FL
The present work personifies high-end Art Deco. It has a wonderful, deep, rich green patina and commands the eye in any room. It looks better in person and is quite heavy. Signed a...
Bronze
18th Century French School Portrait of an Actress with Flowers
Located in Beachwood, OH
18th Century French School Portrait of an Actress Oil on canvas 30 x 23 inches 36 x 30 inches, framed
Oil
$49,900 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Wave Edge by Tiffany Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 259 pcs Fitted Chest
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Wave Edge was designed by Charles T. Grosjean, the renowned decorator of silver and introduced by Tiffany in 1884. The fanciful marine motif, graceful lines and stylized forms of Wav...
Sterling Silver
$18,000
H 7.5 in W 4.75 in D 1.25 in
Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, First Edition with Dust Jacket
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare first edition, with near-fine dust jacket of the children's classic. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows; with a frontispiece by Graham Robertson. London: Methuen an...
Paper
$47,345
H 18.12 in W 22.45 in
Elegant Musical Gathering in an Aristocratic Interior
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Jean-François de Troy (Paris, 1679 – Rome, 1752) Elegant Musical Gathering in an Aristocratic Interior Oil on canvas 46 x 57 cm Circa 1710–1715 This refined and intim...
Oil
$148,000
H 36 in W 87.5 in D 37.5 in
Louis Süe et André Mare, Large-scale Gilt Console Table, France, C. 1920
By Andre Mare, Louis Sue
Located in New York, NY
One of a pair commissioned by Jean Patou for his Paris maison de couture. Please note that our console retains its original traditional water gilding, creating an effect which is pa...
Leather, Wood
$125,000
H 35.44 in W 31.5 in D 0.79 in
Antique 17th Century Madonna with Child, Rome Carlo Maratta Oil on Canvas
By Carlo Maratta
Located in Doha, QA
C. Maratta went to Rome in 1636 and became an apprentice in the Studio of Andrea Sacchi. Pope Alexander VII commissioned many paintings from him. Maratta’s paintings of the later 165...
Canvas
Saint-Malo, Brittany
By William Stanley Haseltine
Located in New York, NY
The career of William Stanley Haseltine spans the entire second half of the nineteenth century. During these years he witnessed the growth and decline of American landscape painting,...
Canvas, Oil
$201,219
H 55.91 in W 78.75 in D 1.97 in
Pair of Exceptional Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers 18th century
By Anna Caterina Gilli
Located in Rome, IT
- ANNA CATERINA GILLI or GILLI Anna Caterina Turin 1729- 1751 Her paintings recorded in Turin as a decorative artist for the Royal Palace and the Stupinigi, working in a simil...
Oil
15 1/2' Long Yew Wood Breakfront
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
An extremely long bookcase of double-breakfronted form. Rare for the use of exceedingly figured burr yew wood veneers throughout. The astragals of the 12-pane glazed doors are fashio...
Glass, Yew
$314,575
H 40.16 in W 70.87 in D 16.15 in
Pair of Napoleon III Lacquer Commodes À Vantaux by by Winckelsen
By Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze, Chinese Lacquer And Ebonised Side Cabinets By Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen, Paris. Signed 'Chles WINCKELSEN 21 Rue St Louis', Paris. Each ...
Marble, Ormolu
A huge pair of 21 inches Cruchley Library Globes
By G.F. Cruchley
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
G.F. Cruchley (UK, 1796-1880) London ca 1850 A magnificent pair of terrestrial and celestial globes. Equatorial table engraved with the signs of the zodiac and resting on 3 mahogany...
Other
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