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Artist: Unknown
Antique Landscape oil Painting Misty Morning Swans on the lake By L.Hilden 1920'
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4041 Antique landscape oil painting in a period frame 1920's
Category
1920s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Escuela española (XVIII) - Ecce Homo - Óleo sobre tabla
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
Se presenta enmarcada con un marco de principios del siglo xx en madera tallada
El estado de la obra se puede ver, presenta craquelaciones y faltas de pintura...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cre...
Category
18th Century Rajput Unknown Art
Materials
Gold
Vintage American Modernist Landscape Oil Painting "Trees in the Mist"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5188 Vintage framed modernist oil painting of trees in a misty forest
Image size 20x16"
Category
1970s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Large Original Oil Painting on Canvas Sailing Ship Seascape Signed & Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Huge Original Maritime Acrylic Painting – Tall Ship at Sea
Signed Framed Dynamic Seascape Artwork
This huge and stunning original acrylic painting on canvas captures a majestic ta...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Framed 1896 Oil - The Tree by the Lake
Located in Corsham, GB
A tree overhangs a placid lake in this serene landscape, unusually painted in a portrait orientation. Monogrammed and dated to the lower right. Well presented in an ornate gilt-effec...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Star Trio - Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe Portrait
Located in Brighton, GB
Star Trio - Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe
Married couple Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall share a joke with Marilyn Monroe at a film screening.
16" x 20" print Si...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Anne Salmon - Fine 1791 Embroidery, The Cheerful Voyagers
Located in Corsham, GB
An exceptionally fine Georgian embroidery by Anne Salmon depicting 'Cheerful Voyagers' punting in the serene English countryside. Executed with rem...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Tapestry
Wedding Chest of Corinne de Blaru, French 19th Century Folk Art Painted
Located in Cotignac, FR
Vintage French folk art, Early 19th century, painted wood wedding, hope or bridal chest, for the wedding of Charles Herbert Frederic and Corinne de Blaru in 1848. The names and dates...
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Unknown Art
Materials
Iron
Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape signed oil painting of the Anza-Borrego desert. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 36 by 44 inches overall. In excellent original condit...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Modern Contemporary painting on canvas, Abstract, Fantasy style, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on canvas in a fantasy abstract style. A unique technique, very colorful. An unusual combination of colors, a flow from sharp to soft s...
Category
2010s Abstract Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic
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
Mughal School, 18th Century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir and Empress Nur Jahan exchanging lotus blossoms; a symbol of beauty, purity, honesty, rebirth, self-regeneration, and enlightenment....
Category
18th Century Rajput Unknown Art
Materials
Gold
Portrait of a Classic 19th-Century Beauty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Everything about this portrait denotes an aristocratic sitter. Enrobed in an off-white silken gown, the young lady is adorned by a string of pearls extending beyond her waist. Since ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Les Oiseaux (The Birds)
Located in Atlanta, GA
This tapestry is based on a design by William Morris (1834-1896). He was instrumental in the revival of the decorative arts at the end of the 19th century.
This tapestry is French ...
Category
Late 20th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art
Materials
Tapestry
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
Vintage French Impressionist Female Figurative Beach Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3061 Impressionistic Seascape,a figurative Impressionistic style , oil on board displayed in a gilt wood frame, signed by Millian lower left.Image size 13.5 H x 13.25 W
Category
1980s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Heston Original Oil Painting on Canvas Large Framed Sailing Ship Seascape Art
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Large Original Oil Painting on Canvas by Heston – Tall Ship in Turbulent Sea
Signed Framed Maritime Nautical Seascape
This is a stunning, large original oil painting on canvas by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Nicely Framed Antique American Nude Bathers Forest Stream Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist nude landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silver carved molding. Excelle...
Category
1930s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Board, Oil
German School 18th Century Oil - Portrait of Johann Leonhard Bahnmayer
Located in Corsham, GB
This accomplished 18th-century portrait depicts the distinguished gentleman Johann Leonhard Bahnmayer (1677-1748), pictured in formal robes. An inscription verso suggests that he may...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Vintage Modernist White Tulips Flower Still Life by P.Russo
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3333 A white tulips still life ,oil on canvas applied on board, set in a vintage curved white painted wood frame
.Signed lower left by P.Russo Neapolitan artist
Category
1990s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Signed Antique American Impressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charles Sutton, “April Afternoon,” Oil on Board, Framed Landscape Painting
Warmly toned impressionist oil painting by Charles Sutton, titled April Afternoon. The work captures a tra...
Category
1930s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Pointillist Figurative Landscape Framed
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3170a Rare and finely painted American Colorful Pointillist landscape oil painting of a woman with an umbrella.Signedn Baxter
Set in a vintage wood frame
Category
1950s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Modern American Impressionist Bathers Beach Figural Gouache Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4062 Modern beach bathers gouache figural painting on artist board.
Set in a vintage carved walnut frame
Image size 14x21.5"
Category
1980s Unknown Art
Materials
Gouache
Original "Never So Few" vintage movie 1959 poster US 1-sheet film Cinema
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Never So Few” vintage linen-backed movie poster, NSS 59/348. Very clean and bright, with original theater-issued fold marks touched up. Grade A-. Ready to frame.
Nev...
Category
1950s American Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Offset
Heron by Water's Edge - Anglo-Indian 19th century bird art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This beautiful Anglo Indian 19th century bird oil painting on panel has something rather special about it. Painted circa 1810, a fantast...
Category
1810s Old Masters Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$16,671 Sale Price
20% Off
Original 19th century Antique Oil painting on canvas, seascape, Signed, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original signed antique oil painting on canvas depicting a moody seascape with turbulent waves crashing against a rugged shoreline beneath an overcast sky. The distant ho...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed 19th Century Oil - Still Life with Copper Pot
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating oil still life executed in the old master "Golden Age" style. The painting is presented in an ornate gilt effect frame with floral and acanthus ornamentation. Illegibly...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Mughal School, 17th century – Emperor Jahangir reclining in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
Circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light...
Category
18th Century Rajput Unknown Art
Materials
Gold
Rene Leroy, French Contemporary Modernist Painting, Portrait Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Rene Leroy (French b. 1932)
Title: Figurative sketch of figure
Medium: oil painting on canvas
Size: painting: 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic
Fox Hunting Scene – Signed by M. Aarinon – Framed Vintage Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This striking vintage oil painting by the artist M. Aarinon captures a timeless fox hunting scene in the heart of the English countryside. Painted in a rich, earthy palette, the comp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan & concubine
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on li...
Category
17th Century Rajput Unknown Art
Materials
Gold
Set of 2 French antique dog paintings 19th Century watercolour dog paintings
Located in AIGNAN, FR
An authentic pair of watercolours featuring hunting dogs in their original frames, untouched since the 1880's. Very delightful and expertly drawn. The first, larger painting is of ...
Category
1880s Art Nouveau Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
$384 Sale Price
39% Off
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
“Chono Ca Pe, An Ottoe Chief”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chono Ca Pe, is the remarkably handsome man looking back at us across some 200 years, expressing a certain wariness of the white man painting him. Also known as Big Kansas, the sitte...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Antique 19th Century Romantic Moonlit Landscape Fisherman's Return Gold Frame
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative 19th century oil painting on canvas portrays a tender moment as a fisherman returns with his catch to his two daughters on the tranquil, moonlit shores of a sea bay b...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
On-Of-A-Kind Contemporary painting on canvas, Abstract, Fantasy style, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on canvas in a fantasy abstract style the viewer with its swirling, vortex-like composition of vivid colors and dynamic movement. At th...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Unknown Art
Materials
Acrylic
Mid 19th Century Oil - Returning from Morning Service
Located in Corsham, GB
This atmospheric landscape painting depicts a rural scene with two figures walking along a country path after a church service. The composition is dominated by the lush greenery and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Art Deco Couple Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Art Deco illustration by unknown artist.
Ink and gouache on faux wood grain illustration board.
Image field measuring 14 x 18 inches on a 17 x 21 inch illustration panel...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Unknown Art
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Illustration Board
Euphorbia, German antique botanical plant chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Euphorbiaceen'
(Euphorbia)
German chromolithograph, circa 1895.
240mm by 155mm (sheet)
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art
Materials
Lithograph
19th Century Bust of Antinous as Bacchus/Dionysus w/ Gilt Floral Wreath
Located in Beachwood, OH
Bust of Antinous as Bacchus/Dionysus with Gilt Floral Wreath, 19th Century
F. Barbedienne foundry
Gilt bronze
23 x 12 x 14 inches
Antinous, also called Antinoös, was a Greek youth f...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Bronze
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jangahir on a pleasure boat with his harem a
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir depicted with his harem attendees aboard a pleasure cruise, the water filled with lotus blossoms; symbols of paradise itself.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold ...
Category
18th Century Rajput Unknown Art
Materials
Gold
Large Antique American Modernist Still Life 1940s Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernt wood molding. Excellent cond...
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th Century Oil on Wood Panel British Coastal Landscape Fisherman Distant Sails
Located in Stockholm, SE
This captivating 19th century oil painting on wood panel depicts a serene coastal landscape featuring a solitary fisherman walking along a rough hillside path. The composition showca...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Unknown Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
French school 19th Century, Portrait of a Lady with a Fan, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th Century
Portrait of a Lady with a Fan
oil on canvas
75 x 62 cm
Not framed
Condition: the original canvas has been doubled and placed on a new stretcher, and trace...
Category
1840s Old Masters Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Early 19th Century Watercolour - Regency Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming depiction of a Regency woman dressed in white. The artist uses a delicate hand to capture the fine details of her features and clothing. Unsigned. Illegibly inscribed vers...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor
Boat Spain oil on canvas painting seascape beach
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez
Frame size 75x64 cm.
Category
1990s Photorealist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$313 Sale Price
48% Off
Antique Paris Modern Coastal Port City Framed Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French modernist coastal scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Signed Paris Street Scene Detailed Sidewalk Cafe Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French cafe scene landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 29 by 41 inches overall, and 24 by 36 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. H...
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Attrib. Jacques Albert Senave (1758-1829) - Oil, Figures Overlooking a Town
Located in Corsham, GB
This fine oil painting depicts figures in a landscape with a distant town in the valley below. Rendered in warm earth tones that evoke the golden light of late afternoon or early eve...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series VII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series VII", 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
Refreshing Gelato, Yellow & Blue Modern Painting, Diptych, Stripped Cabin Beach
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Refreshing Gelato Grid" is an abstract painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful series of rhythmic brushstrokes combined with subtle tones and unique shapes that is both classy and fresh. The use of vivid colors on a white background reminds the beautiful vintage beach cabins...
Category
2010s Expressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$425 Sale Price
50% Off
Chapel and houses along a lake, New England Landscape - American School, 19th C
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and pencil on buff wove watercolor paper, 10 x 8 inches (255 x 203 mm). In good condition with overall minor toning. Some watercolor paint splatters on the verso, contem...
Category
Early 1900s American Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Antique American Large Impressionist Framed Surf Seascape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 29 by 40 inches overall, and 24 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltw...
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th c Original Oil on Canvas, Attrib. THOMAS PATCH (UK, 1725-1782) Caricature
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an unusual unique antique 18-century original oil painting on board depicting a figure of a gentleman wearing a white wig and is dressed in a red jacket and white jab...
Category
18th Century Impressionist Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$1,040 Sale Price
44% Off
Circle of Joseph Moseley Barber (1811-1889) - 19th Century Oil, Quiet Company
Located in Corsham, GB
This intimate domestic scene depicts a young woman in period dress seated in a dimly lit interior, engaged in needlework while a small cat sits attentively beside her on richly drape...
Category
19th Century Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
Vintage Sailboat Under Full Sails in Open Waters
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5193 American Modernist Sailboat at Full Mast Inscribed on back
Proud Little Coaster John Chancelor"
Gilt frame Image size 16.5x23"
Signed Ranrd 1996
Category
1990s Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$325 Sale Price
70% Off
Antique American Modernist Summer in East Hampton Beach Scene Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A serene and subtly rendered coastal scene by H. J. Schneider, this oil on canvas painting captures the quiet expanse of East Hampton’s beachfront architecture and dunes. Executed wi...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir in his harem surrounded by lotus blossoms; symbols of paradise itself.
Circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (...
Category
17th Century Rajput Unknown Art
Materials
Gold
Antique still life hunter dog and game still life of hunter trophies
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique hunter dog and dead birds trophy oil painting on wood in an antique frame afterJean-Baptiste Oudry. This is a an unusual painting of a dog wi...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Unknown Art
Materials
Oil
$385 Sale Price
54% Off
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