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Large 18th Century Dutch Oil on Canvas Painting of a Southern Landscape, 56x67
Located in Dallas, TX
Measuring 56 H x 67 W, this large Dutch oil on canvas painting from the 1700s depicts a Southern landscape of a glen beneath a rocky cliff. The expansive valley stretches far into the distance, before terminating at a lake in front of a mountain. Numerous flocks of sheep can be seen throughout the basin, including a group high up on the towering cliff with green trees dotting the sand-colored rock. Most of the flocks in the distance are being tended to by shepherds, but interestingly, a group of four men has gathered in the foreground to engage in leisurely activities as their sheep, cows, goat, and dog await nearby. A few chateaus can be seen in the distance, but most of the architecture is in the style of a capriccio, in that they are dilapidated. The top of a stone obelisk is missing and there are some losses to the inscribed pedestal next to it that supports a lidded urn. Large pieces of broken rock are scattered about, with one slab being used as a seat/table for two shepherds playing cards. Several birds fly in the blue sky, with the setting sun giving the clouds hues of gray, orange, and pink. The peaceful scene is surrounded by a brown wood frame with a thin undulating gilt border that edges the canvas.
Our large Dutch painting...
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Paintings
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large Scale Carved and Painted Italian Coat of Arms Panel from Florence, H-78.5
Located in Dallas, TX
Constructed from salvaged antique wood that has been reinforced with more recent boards, this large-scale coat of arms shield has an outward curve, reminiscent of the bend of a real ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century French Nature Morte Oil Painting in Giltwood Frame, Signed Georges
Located in Dallas, TX
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A wonderful nature morte painting, signed by the French artist from the 1800s, Georges. The oil on canvas painting is presented in a giltwood frame.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
French Oil on Canvas, Les Jardin des Plantes de Rouen by Annie Puybareau
Located in Dallas, TX
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Depicting the French botanical garden, Les Jardin des Plantes de Rouen, this oil on canvas painting evokes a pleasing spring day of citizens in the par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
18th Century French Port Scene Oil Painting from Provence
Located in Dallas, TX
Sharing similarities of a mid-17th-century Italian capriccio painting, this French oil painting from Provence depicts fantastical architecture set amongst the more realistic setting ...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Large and Striking Antique French Oval Nature Morte Floral Oil Painting, C. 1850
Located in Dallas, TX
A master-level painting surrounded by a thick and detailed gold leaf frame, this large oval oil on canvas has an impressive scale for a nature morte (still-life) painting. The painting, which dates to circa 1850, is by an unknown, yet extremely talented French artist. In stark contrast to the dark gray background, the subject of the painting is a brightly colored floral bouquet. The vibrant flowers (blue, red, yellow, pink, and white) reside in a brown woven basket that sits atop a stone baluster railing. A cluster of darkly colored grapes is strewn across the top of the railing, next to the basket, as two butterflies flutter above the bouquet. If you look closely, you will even see a third butterfly perched on one of the large green leaves that accompany the irises, carnations, and sunflowers. The equally impressive original frame is adorned with rings of beading, foliate rinceaux, and spiral fluting, with a deep convex molding carved with additional fluting.
In 19th-century France, an entire school devoted to floral still-life paintings emerged, located in Lyon, which was the capital of floral design. Although originally still-life art was classified as unimportant, acceptance by art historians of the 20th century elevated the public opinion of nature mortes. A painting such as our large and striking oval floral...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Textile, Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Set of Six Hand Painted Antique Spanish Studded Leather Chair Backs, C. 1880s
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally the backrests to a set of Spanish leather chairs dating to around the 1880s, these studded chair backs have been painted more recently...
Category
Antique 1880s Spanish Paintings
Materials
Metal
Large 19th Century Oil Painting, The Return of The Hunt, after Nicolaes Berchem
Located in Dallas, TX
Entitled The Return of the Hunt, after the original Nicolaes Berchem painting from the 1660s, this large oil on canvas painting is from the 1800s. This interpretation is a fantastic ...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Grand Antique Swiss Oil on Canvas, The Falcon Hunter at Dusk by Étienne Duval
Located in Dallas, TX
A fantastic landscape painting of a bow and arrow hunter tracking a falcon at dusk, this grand piece of art (~6 feet wide) by Étienne Duval is presented in a fluted and foliate giltw...
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century French Genre Scene Overdoor Painting on Board
Located in Dallas, TX
Genre paintings, such as this outdoor scene on a board, depict people engaged in leisurely activities, such as picnicking, hunting, or walking through a park. They were popular durin...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Oil Painting, "Children Eating Cherries in the Garden", 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
A charming oil on canvas genre painting depicting the innocence of youth, the subjects of this scene are two young children on a cherry farm. A young girl with light brown hair in pi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
A Rest in the Courtyard, Antique French Oil on Canvas, Charles Alexandre DeBacq
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed and dated “A. DeBacq 1849” (Charles-Alexandre DeBacq), this charming oil on canvas painting portrays a French noble couple enjoying a snack in the courtyard after an afternoon horseback ride. Surrounded by a highly-carved giltwood frame adorned with foliage and a textured lozenge background, the small, colorful painting features a woman in a gold and silver gown, seated at a table covered with white linen with a pink stripe and a wicker basket of fruit. DeBacq had exemplary technique, finely detailing the woman’s gown...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Large Antique French Trompe L'Oeil Painted Canvas Theater Backdrop, Circa 1920s
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally a scenic backdrop for a French theater during the 1920s, this large painted canvas can be considered a trompe-l’œil. A trompe-l’oeil (literally “deceive the eye”) is a sty...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
The Italian Seaside at Night, Oil on Canvas Painting, Nicola Ascione (1870-1957)
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful rendering of an Italian Mediterranean village at night, this oil on canvas was painted by Nicola Ascione. The clear grayish-blue sky hovers over a gently sloping hill lin...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique Oil on Canvas, Loading the Wagon at the Stables in Winter, Circa 1890
Located in Dallas, TX
As noted by the light dusting of snow on the unpaved street, this charming oil on canvas painting depicts a winter scene. The painting, which dates to circa 1890, features two stable...
Category
Antique 1890s European Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique Oil on Canvas Painting, Interior of an Inn with Dancing Peasants, 18th C
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Dallas, TX
After the original 17th-century by the famed Flemish painter, David Teniers II (usually referred to as “David Teniers the Younger”, as his father David Teniers the Elder was also an accomplished painter), this fabulous painting depicts a vibrant scene, both in color and theme. Our version, which was painted in the 1700s, is by an unknown, but very talented artist. The painting is surrounded by a giltwood frame with two layers of beading.
Both Teniers were known for developing the “peasant genre” or “tavern scene”, where members of the working class were shown actively celebrating life. The earthy tones of the interior of the inn (brown and beige) are offset by citizens in brightly colored attire consisting of green, red, black, and gray. The scene is divided into two rooms, with seven patrons (mostly men) gathered around a barrel table in front of a very large fireplace. Two of the men are playing cards and there are two tankards visible. The calmness of this group is a drastic difference from the 11 people gathered in the foreground. A man in blue stands on top of a wine barrel table...
Category
Antique 18th Century European Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century Cityscape Oil Painting in Giltwood Frame, Signed St. Aubin
Located in Dallas, TX
Our captivating and large oil painting in a giltwood frame (49.5 inches) is a snapshot of life in France during the 1800s. The artist (St Aubin, signed in the...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of Large 18th Century French Boiserie Overdoor Paintings
Located in Dallas, TX
Once installed architecturally in a chateau in Normandy, France, this large pair of overdoors was painted in the 1700s and executed in a technique known as verdaille. Verdaille utilizes various shades of green to achieve a mesmerizing monochromatic effect. This technique’s rich history traces back to the 12th century when it was initially employed to create stained glass for Cistercian monasteries, where colorful art was prohibited, making these overdoors not only aesthetically captivating but also a piece of living art history. Interestingly, there is a hand-written transport note on the back of one of the overdoors (see detail photo) that mentions the paintings were to be shipped to a Madame DeFrance in Paris, at the rue St. Honore corner of la rue Dufour (freight pre-paid).
These exquisite pieces are encompassed by wood frames adorned with lavish foliate carvings, beautifully painted in a soothing French gray hue. Each overdoor encapsulates a unique musical scene that transports you to the heart of 18th-century Europe. In the first painting, a man plays the uilleann pipe, a unique instrument with a bellow-driven mechanism that distinguishes it from a bagpipe. The musician has quite an audience, as two women, one cradling a sheep, and four more sheep next to a dog have gathered nearby. In the second painting, witness a captivating moment of courtship as a gentleman kneels before a woman with a tambourine in her hands. He presents a long woodwind instrument, possibly a carnyx, while a faithful dog rests nearby amidst a backdrop of gardening tools. These stunning French verdaille overdoors were once part of a themed boiserie room (most likely green in color and centered around music). They can once again be used to create a theme above a pair of interior doors or they can be hung as a unique set of artwork.
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
French Village Harbor Scene, Oil on Board Painting by Eugene Isabey, 1864
By Eugene Isabey
Located in Dallas, TX
Attributed to the renowned French Romantic painter, Eugène Isabey, this seaside painting (dated 1864) effectively uses dark and evocative tones of brown, gray, and beige to depict a ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique Oil on Canvas Pastoral Cow Painting by Julius Bergmann
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique oil on canvas pastoral cow painting is signed and dated (1889) by the artist, “J. Bergmann ‘89”. Because Bergmann used an vertically oriente...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique French Oil on Canvas Stag Hunt Painting in Giltwood Frame, H. De Forges
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Barbizon School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Large French Landscape Painting of a Hunter and Hillside Village, Dated 1962
Located in Dallas, TX
Purchased from a chateau in the South of France, this large landscape painting of a hunter walking outside of a hillside village is over 10 feet tall and seven feet wide. The canvas is signed and dated in the lower right-hand corner, indicating that the artist completed the massive painting in 1962.
Based on the apparel of the hunter and the condition of the surrounding vegetation, it appears to be an early autumn day. Our hunter is walking through a forest clearing with his dog, possibly an Irish Setter with a long, ruddy coat. The man is clad in a green fedora and similarly colored pants with black knee-high boots and an olive jacket...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large French Pastoral Oil on Canvas by Adolphe Marais 1856-1940, H-64 3/8 Inches
Located in Dallas, TX
Measuring over 64 inches tall, this large oil on canvas painting by Adolphe Marais depicts a shepherd and his flock in a clearing of a French forest. A bright blue sky shines overhea...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Les Jardins de Versailles Oil on Canvas Painting by Edouard-Henri Muller
Located in Dallas, TX
Painted by the French painter, Edouard-Henri Muller, (1898-1973), this oil on canvas painting depicts a section of a garden at the Palace of Versailles. Specifically, the heavily woo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique French Oil Painting on Board, “The Unveiling” by Emile Meyer, 1823-1893
By Emile Meyer
Located in Dallas, TX
During the late 19th century, the French system of government, known as the Third Republic, began to distance itself from the Latin church. As a result, artists at French academies of art began to produce works known as “cardinal paintings”, which were satirical renderings of church dignitaries dressed in vibrant red robes, enjoying their privileged lifestyles. This particular oil on board painting by Emile Meyer...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting, "In the Sheepfold", Signed Lecler
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by the artist in the lower left corner (“Lecler”), this oil on canvas painting is entitled In the Sheepfold. A typical day in the life of a farmer dressed in blue with a gold hat, the agriculteur can be seen tending to a hay feeder. Behind the man is a flock of 15 sheep, mostly depicted with tan wool and white faces and ears, with the exception of a small all-white lamb. Some of the livestock is grazing from the feeders, while four of them (including the lamb) are gathered near a large water trough. A pair of chickens can be spotted amongst the herd, including a brown rooster...
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Signed Antique Pastoral Sheep Painting in Giltwood Frame, Belgium, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed in the lower right corner (by Belgian artist “J. L. Van Leemputten”), this antique pastoral sheep painting is from the late 1800s. The peaceful...
Category
Antique 19th Century Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century French Winter Landscape Painting in Original Giltwood Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
This French winter landscape painting from the 1800’s sits securely in the original giltwood frame. The hand-carved frame has several long ribbons, with sinuous fabric curls encompassing a repeating border of two distinct flowers. A slender cavetto molding can be seen inside of the carvings, with a repeating scalloped leaf motif that immediately borders the canvas.
The French School painting depicts an overcast winter day with a small patch of blue sky in the middle of gray clouds above snowcapped mountains. Most likely the French Alps, there are a few evergreen trees...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century French Coastal Landscape Painting, Signed Kuwasseg
Located in Dallas, TX
Inspired by his voyages as a sailor, the French painter Charles Kuwasseg painted this impressive coastal landscape painting in the 1870’s (the canvas ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Large, Painted Neoclassical Style Panel from Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-painted in Italy, this large, wooden wall panel features white and gray Neoclassical motifs over a black background. The images are surrounded by a thin white rectangular border...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Le Pont Neuf Painting in Giltwood Frame by Ansaloni, Dated 1944
Located in Dallas, TX
Le Pont Neuf, the oldest existing bridge to span the Seine in Paris, is the subject of this painted board in giltwood frame, signed and dated in the lower left corner by the artist, ...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Large Painted Oval Wooden Wall Panel from Florence, Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-painted in Florence, Italy, this fantastic oval wooden wall panel features a large urn with a scrolled handle. The urn is adorned with a fluted...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique French Neoclassical Grisaille Overdoor Painting, Circa 1815
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-painted in France, this handsome grisaille overdoor painting is from the neoclassical period, circa 1815. Grisaille is a monochromatic painting ...
Category
Antique 1810s French Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large 18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting depicting a Hunt Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
This large (96 3/4 inches high) oil on canvas painting depicts a man and his dog on a hunt in the French countryside. A hunter dressed in red and tan with a mauve overcoat can be seen following behind a white retriever...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Large 18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting Depicting a Hunt Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
This large (110 inches high) oil on canvas painting depicts a successful hunter, with his felled game displayed near his retriever dogs. Our hunter is leaning against a stone pedestal, clad in blue coat and pants with his rifle beneath his right hand. The man is wearing a gold cap with red fabric attached to it and has a sword on his left hip. Three retriever dogs stand to the hunter’s left, while a fourth sits in front of him (the man appears to be motioning to this dog with his left hand).
An orange terra cotta vase adorned with spiral fluting sits on top of a molded plinth at the top of the pedestal. Ivy has begun to wrap around the vase, which also is festooned with green drapery. On a ledge at the base of the pedestal is the felled game: a rabbit and three birds. The hunting display is surrounded by numerous trees and shrubbery. Mountains and a lake can be seen in the background, beneath a blue sky with pink and orange clouds and birds flying.
Based on the size and vertical orientation, the scene was most likely part of a French boiserie room...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Antique Dutch Oil on Board Painting of Cattle, Signed and Dated 1858
Located in Dallas, TX
This oil on board pastoral painting of two cattle is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner “F.J. Dierckxsens 1858”. There is also a handwritten paper affixed to th...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of 19th Century Nature Morte Hunt Trophy Paintings
Located in Dallas, TX
Nature morte (French for “still life”) paintings first became popular in the Netherlands in the 16th century. Assemblies of flowers, fruit, and dead game were the main subject matters, and hundreds of artists from Western Europe would eventually participate in the genre. French artists such as Jean-Baptiste Oudry painted some exquisite scenes, depictions of hunt motifs including game and dogs. These subjects remained highly popular and were used in hunt lodges throughout France. The pair of paintings seen here are very well done 19th century examples of such hunt scenes, each one measuring over 57 inches wide.
Both of our paintings depict hunting trophies displayed on an outdoor veranda. The balcony is elaborately styled with cavetto molding, volute scrolls, and a shaped cartouche beneath a bulbous gadrooned finial. Both paintings contain half of the cartouche and most of the finial, as if they were a continuous panoramic scene, complete with a blue sky and large trees in the background
The left painting features three felled birds piled on top of a deer carcass, with fruit scattered around them. Beneath the trophies is a coiled horn with a red tassel tied to it. A similar scene can be found on the right painting, with three birds displayed on the edge of the balcony. The birds lie on top of a pale green fabric with tassels that has been loosely folded. Under the textile is a hunting rifle and another horn. A garland of fruit is draped across the rifle’s stock, rising onto the balcony.
A beige fabric matte board and molded giltwood frame surround this pair of 19th century nature morte hunt trophy...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
C. 1840 French Boiserie Painting, the Allegory of Spring and the Arms of France
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful boiserie panel depicting an allegory of Spring and the Arms of France was hand-painted in France, circa 1840. Boiserie is ornate wooden paneling that covered walls and ceilings of luxurious chateaus in France. The use of these panels became more prevalent at the end of the 17th century, before exploding in popularity during the 1700’s, thanks to multiple installations at the Palace of Versailles. Lengthy paintings such as this (ours is over 112 inches long) would often be placed above a doorway, forming a continuous theme with the rest of the room.
The arrival of Spring is depicted by four winged cherubs frolicking among pink, white, and yellow flowers. None of the cherubs are clothed, although two of them are draped in colored textiles. The putto on the far left has a billowing peach colored material hanging from the left shoulder as he holds a sheer piece of fabric. The transparent veil stretches across most of the canvas, extending to the right hand of a female cherub wearing a jeweled tiara on the far right.
On the same side of the canvas, but more medial, is another putto loosely draped in green fabric. To the left is the fourth cherub, a female with a laurel leaf tiara that is holding onto the edge of the Arms of France. A gold oval medallion, adorned with volute scrolls at the top and bottom, encircles a representation of the coat of arms of France from the Bourbon Restoration (1814/1815-1830). There is a large, curled leaf rising from the top volute with a husked border surrounding the light blue background with three gold fleur de lys.
Our magnificent French painting gives off a warm and lively feel. Although it could still be used as part of a boiserie room...
Category
Antique 1840s French Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Spectacular Painted Six-Panel Armorial Baroque Screen from Italy, Circa 1700
Located in Dallas, TX
This six panel Italian screen is from the Baroque period, circa 1700. The four central panels have been affixed to a foldable frame, while the two outer panels are detached. When all...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Canvas
18th Century French Genre Scene Overdoor Painting, circa 1770
By Nicolas Lancret 1
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful and gleeful genre painting is from France, circa 1770. Genre paintings depict people engaged in common activities, such as picnicking, strolling through a park, or romantic settings. In the 17th and 18th centuries, paintings of this style typically came from France, The Netherlands, and Belgium. This particular painting can be considered to be after Nicolas Lancret...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Pair of Tall Antique Italian Still Life Paintings, circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
From Italy, this pair of still life paintings depict fruit and vegetables beneath an urn flowing down and over a bench. The compositions c...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
