Nicolo Melissa Antiques Wall Decorations

Pair of Italian Wall Brackets. Black lacquered triangular top over brass tripod base.

Sinbad with the old man of the sea on his back original illustration oil painting, 19th century. A fine oil illustration from the Tales of the Ar...

1550 Italian pair painted wood wall brackets with crackel and gilt finish

Pair of 18th century Italian Venetian Rococo painted and gilt pine wall brackets.

Frans Franken III and aid, Adoration of the Magi Good condition The oil painting on wood, with a gold background, depicts an Adoration of the Magi. The Magi are dressed in sumptuous silk and brocade dresses; they wear precious hats and jewelery. The richness of their garments is in contrast with the humility of the Holy Family and of the other characters who, around curious, observe the scene. The hut is simple, made of wood and straw: above it shines the Comet, symbol of the divine event. In the distance, a group of wayfarers walk along a path that is lost on the horizon, blending into the gold of the bottom. The representation proposes a traditional iconography, in which the painter inserts some details that he lends himself to symbolic interpretations. Among these is the appearance of the Magi, who from the XIVth century differs iconographically: the wise astronomers represent the homage to Jesus of the then known parts of the world, namely Africa, Asia and Europe. To the right of the Magi, in the foreground, sits a monkey, considered a demonic creature and a symbol of lies and sin. It is depicted on the sidelines, as a defeat, next to a fragment of a classical column: ruin alludes to the end of paganism, of the old world that collapses with the advent of the new one, marked by the birth of Christ and liberation from the Original Sin. On the ruins he climbs the ivy, symbol of the immortality of the soul. The work is attributable to the workshop of the Flemish painter Frans Francken III...

Each with rocaille galleried shelf over a pair of phoenix birds over trailing icicles and C-scrolls.

Antique Original Charcoal and Chalk Study Depicting a Girl and her Dog An extremely charming portrait study which is sensitively and skillfully executed. Framed and glazed in its o...

Pair of gilded Italian Rococo-style wall brackets (ca. 1950). Deeply carved in high relief with rocaille c scroll accents and acanthus leaf decoration supporting shallow shelf surfac...

An exceptional late 19th century original work by listed French artist Emile Godchaux (1860-1938) executed in oils on canvas depicting a pair of cows on a forest path. This pastoral ...

American, circa 1850-1880. Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), with wire armature and composition ornament, gessoed and gilded. Measures: 14 1/8 in. high, 16 5/16 in. wide (at the sh...

Rare, large and very beautiful oil painting by Jules Dupré (1811-1889), a French artist famous for his dramatic paintings of forests around Paris and one of the leaders of the Barbiz...

Gorgeous Pair of Acanthus Leaf Wall Shelves Hand-Carved and Hand-Painted in a Gustavian shade of gray blue. This set could certainly stand alone as a pair on a wall or functional to ...