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Artist: Unknown
Portrait of a Woman with Red Hair in the Style of Modigliani (Green Background)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with Red Hair in the Style of Modigliani (Green Background) Portrait of a woman in the style of Amedeo Modigliani by an unknown artist (20th century). The woman...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board

Magnificent Marble Sculpture of Roman Mythological Subject Minerva 1780'
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological roman subject of Minerva in Marble Travertino . Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Measurements: Statue cm 180 . Minerva (Pallas Athena in Greek...
Category

Late 18th Century Academic Unknown Art

Materials

Marble

A Lute Player Medieval Tile Gypsum Cast
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Gypsum cast-medieval tile, inspired from Central Europe. Could be also adjusted in a frame, ready to hang or install ( price will be different).
Category

15th Century and Earlier Gothic Unknown Art

Materials

Gesso

German oil painting, Figures in an interior/barn playing, 19th century, Antique
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted late 19th-century German genre painting. Often painted in the Munich area of Germany these highly desirable antique paintings are always of t...
Category

1890s Victorian Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Bohemian French painter - Early 20th century figure painting - Nude female
Located in Varmo, IT
French Bohemian painter (early 20th century) - Female nude. 100 x 70 cm without frame, 109 x 79 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame (some cracks...
Category

1920s Art Nouveau Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Oil - Driving the Plough
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil study depicting two farm hands steadying an ox-drawn plough as turns the soil ready for sowing. The miniature work has been composed in a wonderful folk art style, pac...
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

"La Foret de Marly" The Forest of Marly
Located in Atlanta, GA
Inspired by the Flanders verdure from the early 17th century. The rapid development of new sciences such as botany inspired weavers to produce tapestries known as "verdures". These d...
Category

20th Century Naturalistic Unknown Art

Materials

Tapestry

Gothic Decorative Motifs - Vintage Chromolithograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gothic Decorative Motifs is a vintage chromolithograph realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork represents Gothic Decorative motifs i...
Category

Early 20th Century Gothic Unknown Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Antique American Fluffy Pomeranian Dog Portrait Wide Gold Frame Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible signed early American dog portrait painting. Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a period gold giltwood frame.
Category

1870s Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Scale Persian Hunt Landscape Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-01 Large Scale Persian Hunt, circa 1920's oil painting on canvas depicting hunting scene, displayed in a wood-gesso frame.Image size 39 H X 59.5 W Artist unknown. Age wear on the ...
Category

1920s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Cuban Socialists - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Cuban Socialists - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events an...
Category

1960s Contemporary Unknown Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

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

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print Western Photography Guild studio stamp in purple ink, verso Numbered "N14-4" in purple ink, verso Also inscribed in pencil, v...
Category

1960s Other Art Style Unknown Art

Materials

Black and White

Original political poster - Fight to live - IRA - Irish Republican Army
Located in PARIS, FR
From the 1960s onwards, Northern Ireland experienced a period of unparalleled violence and political unrest. Several paramilitary organizations took up arms to fight against the British presence on their soil. This was the beginning of the IRA (Irish Republican...
Category

1980s Unknown Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Late 19th Century Oil - Girl Beside a Water Fountain
Located in Corsham, GB
Initialled 'R.M.' lower left. On canvas on stretchers.
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage Mid Century Abstract Still Life Framed Wine Bottle Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract wine bottle still life oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category

1960s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, 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

W. Koniger - Framed 1912 Oil, At Full Moon
Located in Corsham, GB
Moonlight reflects on the white walls of the quiet village buildings and casts long shadows across the street in this evocative night scene. The dimly lit road stretches away into th...
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Antique French Impressionist Paris Park Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist signed landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 15.5L x 11.5H.
Category

1910s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stevey - 1990 Oil, Female Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine contemporary oil nude study showing a female nude, reclining on a green bed. The artist has signed and dated in the lower right corner. On board. Image size: 30.5 x 25cm.
Category

20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Khomeini Returning To Iran - Vintage Photograph - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Khomeini Returning To Iran is a vintage black and white photograph realized on 2/01/79 in Tehran. Khomeini leader of the revolution of 1979 in Iran, came to Iran, after 15 years of ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Unknown Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Henry W. Stock (1825-1909) - Framed 1873 Watercolour, Saint Mary de Haura
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely executed watercolour study of the bell quarters at Saint Mary de Haura, Shoreham. Painted by 19th-century painter Henry Stock. Well presented in a beautiful wash-line mount ...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Watercolor

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor from the Istituto di Arte di Porta Romana, Florence, Italy. The professor released works of artists whom he mentored over the years. We are unsure who painted the series we acquired as several are just signed, 'Giacomo', or, left completely unsigned, yet many are clearly by the same artist. This one is in good overall condition and has been newly framed with a French-style linen slip. The canvas is textural like one of the vintage maps...
Category

1980s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th/20th century American school Antique oil painting on canvas, Portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a 19th/20th-century American school Antique original oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a fisherman seated by a table with fishing creel and basket. No v...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Profile of a young boy
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 42 x 34 x 3.5 cm
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Old Master French Sanguine Drawing of Hercules
Located in Pasadena, CA
Old Master, French School red chalk drawing on paper is not signed . Done in Sanguine on paper the nude appear like Hercule . The feel and look of the works while academic studies a...
Category

17th Century Baroque Unknown Art

Materials

Archival Paper

Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Resting On The Style
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour finished with graphic black hatching, showing a woman and three young girls resting on a style overlooking a beautiful valley. The woman and young girls are sm...
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Watercolor

19th Century Silhouette Portrait of Elegant Man
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Silhouette Portrait of Elegant Man Stamped Barret 148 Holborn London 6.75"H x 5.5"W x 1"D
Category

19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Watercolor

Large Antique Turtle Shell
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Large lofty wall hanging 19th century turtle shell with its iconic form and alluring organic variegated color scheme.
Category

19th Century Victorian Unknown Art

Materials

Organic Material

Josephine Haswell Miller (1890-1975) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Autumnal Meadow
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil study by well listed artist Josephine Haswell Miller. The scene depicts a meadow lined with trees in late autumn. Through the branches a quaint cottage can be seen in ...
Category

20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Chimu Inca c.1500 Peruvian terra-cotta anthropomorphic face vase vessel Peru
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful antique Peruvian face vessel. Chimu Inca, c.1500 Terracotta, measures h. 8 in., w. 4 7/8 inches. No repair or conservation.
Category

15th Century and Earlier Unknown Art

Materials

Terracotta

French painting portrait Bearded italian man oil canvas Second half 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the second half of the 18th century Oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (57 x 49 cm with the frame) Very beautiful frame in gilded wood from the Louix XVI period with decoratio...
Category

Late 18th Century French School Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Nude
Located in Cologne, DE
Silvergelatinprint
Category

1970s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nude
Nude
$672 Sale Price
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Late 19th Century Oil - The City Gates
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming European street scene depicting a city gate with figures passing through. Unsigned. Presented in an ornate gilt frame with beautiful foliate details On paper.
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

J. K. Whitton - Framed 20th Century Oil, Calm Trees
Located in Corsham, GB
Original landscape in oil. Initialled to the lower right. Presented in a large wooden frame. On canvas on stretchers.
Category

20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Bert Hardy 'Mercedes Racer' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty, 20x24
Located in San Rafael, CA
Argentinian race car driver Juan Fangio (1911 - 1995) in his Mercedes at Le Mans, June 1955. The race saw the death of Mercedes team mate Pierre Levegh and 80 spectators. Original Pu...
Category

1950s Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Linen Cloth Judaica with linen napkins
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Linen Serviette 12 pieces / 1 plain white, 11 white with blue embroided, size 40x40 cm, Linen table cloth white and blue, linen, size 150x260 cm. Jud...
Category

Early 20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Art

Materials

Textile, Linen

Antique, 19th C. Peugeot Frères Brevetés French Coffee Grinder Table Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
This is being sold as a piece of (functional?) decorator table sculpture for a kitchen or restaurant. I do not know if or how it works. the wheel and gears turn. It might be missing a cover on the handle. It is a lovely antique piece. Made in France. A halfcentury before they produced their first car, the Peugeot brothers were making coffee grinders, continuing to do so for over 100years. In 1840 the Peugeots produced their first moulin a cafe out of a combination of metal and wood. The beans were inserted into the metal hopper up top; metal gears were turned by a woodenknob-capped metal...
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Metal, Brass

Antique Glouster Harbor New England Fishing Boat Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5169 Antique American Large Impressionist seascape oil painting .Oil on canvas circa 1930 Framed Image size 15.5x19.5"
Category

1930s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage American Modernist Outsider Pop Art Abstract Large Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category

1950s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Children Playing Original Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist painting of kids in a park. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Unsigned. Displayed in a giltwood frame....
Category

1920s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century British School
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming 19th Century painting of a grandmother and grandauughter in front of their thatched cottage. It is an oil on canvas measuring 18 inches by 14. The frame measures 20 3/4 by 1...
Category

1890s Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Large Antique American Impressionist Winter Snowy Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American winter scene impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 18 by 24 inches.
Category

1930s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Japanese Tabako/Tool Box with Kiseru -wabi Sabi-Taisho Era-GSY Gallery Select
Located in London, GB
This antique Japanese Tobacco Box, complete with drawers, a kiseru, is a captivating piece of history. The warm hew of the elm is telling a story ...
Category

1910s Showa Unknown Art

Materials

Metal

Primitive Portrait of George Washington with Sword
Located in San Francisco, CA
This primitively rendered but admiring tribute to George Washington has a distinguished artistic lineage. The painter was undoubtedly in the presence of a much admired print engraved...
Category

Late 19th Century Folk Art Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

German School Early 20th Century Oil - The Morning News
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of an older gentleman reading the newspaper. Signed illegibly to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with foliate strapwork. On canvas.
Category

20th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Virginia. USA. Century Atlas state antique vintage map
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Century Atlas. Virginia' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 29.5cm by 40cm.
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Unknown Art

Materials

Lithograph

Felicita Sartori after Giambattista Piazzetta - Engraving, The Triumph of Venice
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine etching by Felicita Sartori after Giambattista Piazzetta. Set against the backdrop of Venice, with the Doge's Palace visible in the background, this scene celebrates the city'...
Category

Early 18th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Engraving

Cicciolina Puppet - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Cicciolina Puppet - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category

1980s Contemporary Unknown Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Vintage American School Modernist New England Landscape Framed Lake Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category

1960s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oriental Slave Traders - Oil Painting on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental slave traders is a modern artwork realized in the 19th century. Colored oil painting on canvas realized with superb and refined technique following all main philhellenic st...
Category

19th Century Modern Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elegant Female Portrait by the Sea
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3986 Elegant portrait of a woman by the sea Set in a wood frame
Category

1980s Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Monet like Impressionist Seascape by Nagy
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of the finest impressionistic seascapes we have owned. It really does remind me of Monet. It is signed Nagy and there are a number of well listed artists with that last name. We ...
Category

1940s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Paris, France. Antique Map City Plan Chromolithograph, circa 1895
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Paris' Colour lithograph. 1895. 250mm by 305mm (sheet). Late 19th century German lithograph plan of Paris, France. Central vertical fold. Printed street index on the reverse o...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Unknown Art

Materials

Lithograph

Madonna and Child, after Raphael
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Fantastic Grand Tour painting after Raphael’s Madonna and Child. Unsigned, Oil on canvas, 15.5 diameter sight, 17" x 17" canvas, 32.75" x 27" framed in a stunning Italian period fram...
Category

1870s Italian School Unknown Art

Materials

Oil

Late 19th Century Watercolour - Angler at the Farm
Located in Corsham, GB
This scene sets place on the land of a small farm in late summer. In the foreground an angler casts his line into the river running between the small farm house and the wheat field. ...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Art

Materials

Watercolor

Mid Century Signed Landscape -- Old Country Cottage with Chickens
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century country landscape with cottage with thatched roof and chickens foraging. Signed "H. H." and dated "1955." Condition: good; some edge and corner wear consistent w...
Category

1950s American Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Woman Reading, Early 19th Century English
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
English, Early 19th Century " Portrait of a Woman Reading ", circa 1820-1825 Oil on Mahogany Panel 9 1/2" x 7 3/4" Housed in a 2" Ornamented Frame Overall Size: 13 1/2" x 11 3/8...
Category

Early 19th Century Realist Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tod Lindenmuth (1885-1976) Antique American Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist seascape oil painting by Tod (Raphael Leroy) Lindenmuth (1885 - 1976) . Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a...
Category

1940s Impressionist Unknown Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American School 1930s NYC Surrealist Abstract Gold Gilt Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist mixed media painting. Oil on board with gold leaf assemblage, circa 1930. Unsigned. Image size, 13L x 17H. Housed in a period wood frame most li...
Category

1930s Abstract Unknown Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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