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Artist: Unknown
Cheetah Who Shops - Bond Street Shopping Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Cheetah Who Shops - Bond Street Shopping Black and White Photograph
A female shopper pauses in front of a boutique greengrocer's while her pet cheetah looks away, perhaps he has spo...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Echoes of the Atelier X
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier X, acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Echoes of the Atelier XVI
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier XVI, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
"Reclining Nude" Realist Interior Nude Female Figure Laying on Bed Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A 19th-century exceptional oil painting depicting a nude figure reclining on a bed with white drapery, set against a dark background. This intimate figurative scene portrays a female...
Category
19th Century Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series IX
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series IX', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Flo...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
$1,416 Sale Price
20% Off
Fabienne Verdier 'Roland Garros French Open' 2018-Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Verdier’s contribution to the Roland Garros poster series is highly valued for its artistic innovation and cultural fusion. The poster’s unique design and Verdier’s reputation as a l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
Mother with Baby - Portrait Study, 19th Century Oil on Panel
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lively and affectionate oil study on wood panel by a female artist depicting a mother sitting in a Louis XV armchair with her infant in her lap. She is dressed in a green long skir...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Vedutist Italian painter - late 18th century landscape painting - Isola Bella
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (late 18th century) - View of Isola Bella.
50 x 61.5 cm unframed, 64 x 77 cm framed.
Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame (not signed).
Condition rep...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Echoes of the Atelier IV
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier IV, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agein...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Couple at Party - Black and White Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Couple at Party - Black and White Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph
A couple relaxes and laughs on a spacious sofa on the terrace of a villa. The party is still in full swin...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini
Located in Brighton, GB
Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini
Roger Moore casts a glance away from the camera as he sips the quintessential James Bond drink: the ic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Set of Six Fine Antique British Hand Coloured Botanical Prints, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of Six Hand Coloured Botanical Prints/Lithographs and Engravings
Published by G. Ridgway, S. Curtis, W. Baxter and W. Fitch
Early Mid 19th Century
Size: image: 8.5 x 5.5 inches
P...
Category
Early 19th Century Art Deco Unknown Art
Materials
Color
Antique Scandinavian Female Figurative Oil Painting of A Bather
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4032 Scandinavian painting of a female bather on cut out wood applied to a painted backround
Set in a wood frame image size 8.5x10.5"
Category
1920s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
The Vanguard Series Nr. V: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
The Vanguard Series Nr. V: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and at...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,089 Sale Price
20% Off
The Vanguard Series Nr. II: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. II: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,189 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Oil Painting Clipper Ship American Flag Nautical Maritime Seascape
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original vintage oil painting on canvas features a majestic three-masted clipper ship with full sails and an American flag, entering a fortified harbor. A smaller sailboat glides nearby toward a stone tower and castle-like structure, enhancing the coastal narrative of this nautical seascape. The sky is detailed with soft maritime light, and the ocean’s textured waves are rendered in striking blue and green tones.
The painting is signed in the lower left corner, though the signature is illegible, and is likely the work of a mid-20th-century European or American maritime artist. It is mounted in a richly detailed gilded antique-style frame, adding elegance and presence to any room.
This seascape is ideal for collectors of marine art, vintage coastal paintings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Late 20th Century English EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT Fine Oil Painting HORSE RACING
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Indistinctly Signed Late 20th Century English School
TITLE: "Portrait Of A Racehorse"
SIGNED: lower right with initials JH or JM
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 83cm x 58cm inc...
Category
Late 20th Century English School Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 17 by 21 inches overall, and 16 by 20 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1990s Abstract Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rene Leroy, French Contemporary Modernist Painting, the Orchestra
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: R. Leroy (French b. 1932)
Title: The Orchestra
Medium: oil painting on canvas
Size: painting: 7 x 5 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic
Echoes of the Atelier VII
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier VII, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Portrait of an Edwardian Dandy (Man)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of an Edwardian Dandy Gentleman, 2003.
Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches.
Signed with monogram and dated lower right.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Lady with Pearl Necklace
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5111 Lady with pearl necklace by Lynn Lemay
Custom wood frame
Image size 23.5x19.5"
Category
1990s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$1,250
Pair of Porphyry Marble Columns with Gilt Bronze Capitals, 19th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Pair of Porphyry Marble Columns with Gilt Bronze Capitals, 19th Century
Porphyry marble & gilt bronze
20 x 4.25 x 4.25 inches
Porphyry is an igneous rock, not marble, known for its...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century Italian Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady w/ Pedestal
Located in Beachwood, OH
Italian, Late 19th Century
Finely Finished Bust of Renaissance Lady
White marble, garment in veined buff colored marble on fitted green marble pedestal
Bust: 22 x 18 x 9 inches
Pedes...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Marble
Framed Early 20th Century Oil - Paysage du Sud
Located in Corsham, GB
An impressionistic landscape rendered in a vibrant array of soothing green, blue, and terracotta tones. Presented in a carved gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On board.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Male Portrait, 1810–1820, Young Man with High Collar and Black Cravat
Located in Firenze, IT
Male portrait, 1810–1820, dark-haired young man with high collar and black cravat
Oil on canvas, 50 × 61 cm; with frame 62 × 72 cm
French/spanish school.
Early 19th-century portra...
Category
1810s Unknown Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid 20th C. Irish Artist Watercolor Painting of Blue Sky Stormy Seascape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Size: 11 x 15.25 inches
Superb original watercolour painting by the well listed and popular Irish painter, Frank Forty (1902-1996). The painting came from a private collection of t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic
19th Century Bronze of the Borghese Gladiator Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
The Borghese Gladiator, 19th Century
Bronze on marble base
Musée du Louvre signed on base
15 x 12 x 8 inches
Since its discovery in the early seventeenth century, the Borghese Gladi...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Maurice Mazeilie- French Impressionist Signed Watercolour - Figures at the Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Watercolour Beach Scene"
signed by Maurice Mazeilie (French)
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
stamped verso
painting: 9.5 x 12.5 inches
A delightful original oil painting b...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic
Early 20th Century Modern Bronze Scorpion Fish on Marble Base
Located in Beachwood, OH
Modern Scorpion Fish, Early 20th Century
Bronze on marble base
23 x 22 x 10 inches
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inte...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$871 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman with Cigarette and Black Stockings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic hand painted oil after famous artist Marcel René von Herrfeldt (1889-1965)..
This was painted by my restorer when we had the original, this frame was on the original paint...
Category
Early 2000s Art Deco Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
City Graffiti Art Colorful Oil Painting #1 by S. Mooney
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4090 An abstract graffiti art, oil on artist board displayed in a custom -made wood frame Image size 12H x 12 W
Category
1980s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 4 by 5 inches overall, and 3.5 by 4.5 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso. Measuring: 48 by 56 inches overall, and 46 by 54 painting alone. In excellent origina...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Classical Bird Color Print After John James Audubon, Louisiana Heron
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Bird print,
after John James Audubon,
printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York
unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper
Condition: very good
Provenance: from...
Category
20th Century Victorian Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic
Lady In Blue Art Deco Female Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4066 Art Deco Lady in blue pastel painting
Set in a white frame
Category
1930s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
$350 Sale Price
38% Off
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Blue & Green Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed
size: 10 x 8 inches
condition: very good and ready to be ...
Category
1950s Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic
Antique Italian Large Figurative Framed Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Woman
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5154 Antique Italian oil painting of a reclining nude woman
Framed
Image size 24x36"
Category
1930s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
An Ancient Style Greek Black Figure Calyx Krater, 19th/20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ancient Style Greek Black Figure Calyx Krater, 19th/20th Century
Terracotta
17 x 14.5 inches
A calyx krater is a type of ancient Greek pottery, specifically a type of krater (a bowl...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Terracotta
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Signed Painting, Green & Blue Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
Original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on board
Size: 16 x 15.5 inches
Condition: very good and r...
Category
1950s Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American Impressionist Giltwood Framed Ocean Wave Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 12 by 14 inches overall, and 8 by 10 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Handsom...
Category
1920s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Oil Painting – Whimsical Musicians Trio – Signed, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This charming original oil painting on canvas depicts a delightful trio of childlike musicians, signed by the artist (probably S. Grant) in the lower right. The composition captures ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Nude Woman Portrait Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist nude portrait and landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 22 inches overall, and 14 by 18 painting alone.. In excellent origina...
Category
1920s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Large Vintage American Modernist Abstract Naturescape Lake View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 26 by 30 inches overall, and 22 by 25 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Handsomel...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Hudson River School Coastal Sunset Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American sunset seascape beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 15 by 21 inches overall, and 9 by 15 painting alone.. In excellent original cond...
Category
1870s Hudson River School Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series III
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series III', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Fl...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
$1,035 Sale Price
20% Off
San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen niña - óleo sobre cobre, SG XVIII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela española; siglo XVIII.
San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen Niña.
Es un Óleo sobre cobre anónimo y buena calidad pictórica.
Medidas de la obra: 69 x 87 cm.
Medidas del marc...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,089 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed Early 20th Century Oil - Mater Dolorosa
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate depiction of the Mater Dolorosa - the sorrowful Virgin Mary. Well presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Lady with Lace Cap
Located in Corsham, GB
This formal portrait depicts an elderly woman dressed in traditional 19th-century attire, wearing a white lace bonnet and dark clothing against a somber black background. The composi...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
The Three Skunks of WWII, Carved Wooden Figures of Hitler, Mussolini & Tojo
Located in Beachwood, OH
Three Skunks of WWII
c. 1940s
Carved and painted wood
Unsigned
8 x 10 in. h. each
These skunks are depicted as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo.
Condition: There ...
Category
1940s Unknown Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
European School Early 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Noblewoman
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait features a striking contrast between the subject's vibrant red dress and the dark background, drawing the viewer's eye to the centre of the composition. Her unique hand...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Antique American Hudson River School Sunset Landscape Monogrammed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American Hudson River School landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed in monogram. Measuring: 17 by 25 inches overall, and 14 by 22 painting alone. In excellent...
Category
1880s Hudson River School Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Board
French School Early 19th Century Oil - Le Chatelaine
Located in Corsham, GB
This formal portrait depicts a woman from the early 19th century, rendered with careful attention to period dress, including her dark hair styled in a fashionable updo and a brown dr...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Antique Gouache and Watercolor Figurative Landscape by the Sea
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3942 Antique gouache and watercolor on paper set in a period 19th century frame
Image size 10x5.5"
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Antique American Large Signed Abstract Expressionist Modern Art Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 37 by 43 inches overall, and 36 by 42 painting alone. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 4 by 5 inches overall, and 3.5 by 4.5 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Category
18th Century French School Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Polychrome Marble Sculpture Portrait Emperor Marcus Aurelius Italian 20th
Located in Roma, IT
A portrait head of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, carved in Carrara marble, with deeply cut curls and detailed classical roman accents in the hair and in the shave; the carefull...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Art
Materials
Marble
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