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Raimundo De Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish School, 1841-1920) an exceptional and palatial oil on canvas "Portrait of Isabelle McCreery” depicting an elegant woman gracefully exiting a litter (Sedan Chair), situated within a lovely fairytale setting of a fantastical vista dominated by verdant and blue-green hues, a pair of swans and a lily pad frame the scene in the foreground, within it's original impressive and ornate French 19th Century Rococo Style gildwood carved and gesso frame. Signed and dated ‘R. Madrazo, 1880' (lower left). At the bottom center of the impressive frame there is a gilded, wooden cartouch bearing in italicized script “Portrait of Isabelle McCreery.” This is original to the frame. Sometime after the death of the artist, possibly at the time the painting was given to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the painter’s name was added in block letters. Provenance: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Donated by Mrs. Richard McCreery in 1950). M.H. de Young Memorial Fine Arts Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Christie's New York, 31 December 1969, Sale Property of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Sold for the Benefit of Museum Acquisitions Funds. Lot 80A for $20,700 Canvas Height: 104 ¾ inches (266.1 cm). Canvas Width: 68 ½ inches (174 cm). Frame Height: 132 inches (335.3 cm). Frame Width: 87 ½ inches (222.3 cm). The work of Raimundo de Madrazo, an artist who lived in Paris the greater part of his life, is among the most representative and influential of the ‘school’ of Spanish painters resident in Paris during the nineteenth century.” (Carlos González and Montse Martí, Spanish Painters in Paris 1850-1900, London, 1989, p. 53). The wonderful imagination and artistic genius of Madrazo y Garreta established his fine reputation, and created an international demand for his exquisite portraiture. This particular work features an elegant woman who gracefully exits a litter, situated within a lovely fairytale setting of a fantastical vista dominated by verdant and blue-green hues. Isabelle McCreery was a member of the noted Gold Rush pioneer McCreery family of Irish background who settled in San Francisco in the mid nineteenth century. She later lived in Burlingame, an early San Francisco...

19th Century English Equestrian Scene Oil on Canvas Painting by Elizabeth Shelly. Painting features riders in formal riding attire with three riders and a dog in a wooded area. The f...

Large Floral Still Life Oil on Canvas. Soft pastels with blue and gray , pink and white. Flowers are hydrangeas and tulips. Housed in a silver gray gesso frame. Perfect romantic piec...

Oil painting on canvas depicting a natural summer landscape, created by Henry Markò in the early twentieth century. Ø cm 49 h cm 105 Henry Markò, descendant of the Austrian paintin...

Oil on canvas by Canon Courio. Located in NY.

A small oil on canvas, “Still Life with Fish and Crustaceans”, by the great Provencal painter Victor Coste (1844-1923). Born in Marseille, Coste went on to study at the Ecole des Bea...

One of a kind large-format English Romantic landscape. This is a very powerful work, with a melancholic and contemplative character, in which nature takes center stage, characteristi...

This stunning painting brings a little of the English countryside to any living space! Our original oil on canvas depicts a quiet stream on a grassy path leading to a white cottage s...

Oil on Canvas by José Herrera (Spanish, 1943-). Signed and dated 1973. Original stainless steel frame. A beautiful piece.

Cityscape oil on canvas painting by James Coignard, France (1925-2008). Signed and framed. Early period. Canvas size 28.5" x 23.5. Size with frame 35" x 30".

Born in Italy and lived mainly in France. He was an Italian post impressionist painter. He exhibited at the Societe des Artistes Inde'pendants and later at Salon des Tuileries and Sa...

1978 oil on canvas paint by artist, Roy Carruthers (1938) from South Africa. This painting is titled “A Message from Magritte”. It is signed and dated by the artist. It is extremely big and very detailed. One of the best painting...