Laroche Paintings

A colorful oil on canvas representing a group of children playing in a garden area near a Cathedral. Framed by a carved giltwood frame with foliage det...

A beautiful oil on canvas rendering of a stag hunt, presented in a fluted giltwood frame with a bundled husk border and large, parted leaves in the corners. The painting is signed in the lower right corner by the artist, “H. de Forges”, a member of the Barbizon French school of the late 1800s, who specialized in animal hunt scenes. The vibrancy of de Forges’ painting has not diminished over time; the colors seem to pop right off the canvas. A blue sky with some low-lying white clouds hangs above trees mainly bereft of leaves, indicating it is late autumn. Slender grass, ranging from green to brown, surrounds a watering hole in the middle of a clearing, with a single stag near the water’s edge. Eight white hunting dogs with black and tan markings surround the deer on one side of the pond. Behind the pack is a brown horse ridden by a huntsman dressed in red and black, preparing to sound the hunting horn. Two more riders in red, black, and white, also on brown horses, are emerging from a small hill behind the deer. Hunting, always a very important pastime in France, became one of the more popular genres in 19th century art, along with with quality pastoral and landscape paintings. Realism was a defining feature of the Barbizon School, as artists were attracted to spending more time living and painting in the natural world. Our hunt scene depicts the surrounding of prey, or pre-hunt revelry. The beautifully colored oil on canvas stag hunt painting...

This Italian oil on canvas painting of Venice was made in the early 19th century. Featuring one of the most striking Venetian scenes, the Grand Canal, the artist was probably near th...

An exceptionally fine quality example of an elaborately framed English Still Life of fruits Oil Painting on canvas, in the style of Oliver Clare or Eloise Harriet Stannard, second qu...

A beautiful large scale Italian 18th century oil on canvas painting in a giltwood frame. The painting depicts the lovely Italian countryside with charming personages dressed in class...

Measuring 24 inches in height and 32 inches in width unframed, this large oil on canvas painting from the early 20th century depicts a pastoral scene at the riverside. In the lower l...

A beautifully executed antique Dutch oil painting in a gilt wood frame, depicting a mother and baby, dating from around the 1860-1880 period...

Antique Framed oil painting on canvas is an interesting work producing a three dimensional illusion as if the cherubs were carved from marb...

An American oil on board dog painting from the late 19th century in giltwood frame. How not to melt in front of this heartwarming scene? A russet and white dog is comfortably resting...

Antique French Oil on Canvas Still Life Painting in Exceptional Frame, Circa 1880-1890. Signature Unknown

Antique Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting, Mountain Lake Scene with Country Road, Giltwood Framed, C1890 Measures- 18.75''H x 24.75''W x 2.75''D

Giltwood Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Chalet, 19th Century