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Belle Epoque oil on canvas painting of Female Nude Smoking Signed De Groux
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very well executed and suggestive view from and accenting the "derriere" of female nude lying in a semi fetal position on a sheepskin rug in front of a roaring fireplace. The nude has her head pointing and looking upwards puffing contentedly on a cigarette. A cup and saucer for coffee are shown in the foreground. A jug and washbasin plus a towel set on a Napoleon!!! Table off to one side of the fireplace plus other furnishings in the background place the scene as a late 19th century Parisian Belle Époque salon. The painting is signed De Groux...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Copy of "Port Scene with the Villa Medici" after Claude Lorrain
By Claude Lorrain
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century copy of a painting by Claude Lorrain titled, "Port scene with the Villa Medici" the original painted in 1637 and now hanging in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Th...
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Pastel Portrait of a Biedermeier Gentleman
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very well executed early 19th century pastel portrait of a gentleman sitting at his desk. He is portrayed from the waist up, his left hand holding a book...
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Antique 1820s Austrian Biedermeier Drawings
Materials
Paper
Impressionist Painting of the Grand Canal in Venice by Francis Moltino
By Francis Moltino
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A signed oil on canvas of the Grand Canal in Venice by the 19th century English Italian artist Francis Moltino. Francis Moltino (1818–1874) was an Italian painter, resident in London...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Edwardian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 19th Century Italian Carved and Giltwood Corner Bracket
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A finely carved and water gilt pine Italian corner bracket displaying period Empire military attributes. In front of the curved middle section, (of three), is a large feathered helme...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Brackets
Materials
Marble
French Academy Drawing of the Byzantine Commander Belisarius after Gerard
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Pencil on paper drawing after a late 18th century French neoclassical painting after a painting of Belisarius by Baron Francois Pasal Simo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Drawings
Materials
Parchment Paper
Portrait of Christopher Columbus All Made out of in Inlaid Woods
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An extraordinary rare 18th century portrait panel of what appears to be Christopher Columbus (or a classical philosopher) entirely made from various types and treatments of inlaid w...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century Oil Painting Called ‘Le Bouton Rose’ by Emil Preuss
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very suggestive oil painting of a beautiful bare breasted woman which could be a prostitute or a temptress leaning out a mindow offering a rose bud to an admirer, and seemingly encouraged to do the gesture be a woman half hidden behind the curtain. This work was executed by an obscure artist named Emil Preuss (German, 1866-1950). After an original titled "Le Bouton Rose" by Antoine Wiertz...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Allegorical Pair of Faience de Rouen Busts Depicting Summer and Fall
By Edmé Samson
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Two Faience de Rouen busts on plinths spuriously inscribed "Fait a Rouen 1647" and blue fleur-de-lys marks after original models made in Circa 1730 by...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Revival Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Oil medium on paper painting of Mountains and Glacier signed Pelletier
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This painting of a European alpine Mountain scene with very bold and distinctive brushwork is done in an oil medium piece on paper, which has been affixed to a multi-fibre paperboard...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint
Oil Painting of the Capri Coastline by Matteo Sarno
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early 20th century oil painting of the coastline off the Isle of Capri, near Naples painted in the impressionist style, showing rocky cliffs and the azure Mediterranean sea. The painting is titled ‘Capri’ and is signed Matteo Sarno...
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20th Century Italian International Style Paintings
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Canvas
