German Oil Painting of Lady in Blue Dress

Elegant 19th century Italian carved and giltwood Florentine style frame. Would be great for A mirror. Gorgeous!! Circa 1850. 30 x 35

Beautiful 19th century Italian giltwood Florentine style frame. Exceptional ornate carvings. Lovely!! Circa 1860. 23 x 34

Very fine 19th century Italian carved and giltwood frame. Makes an elegant statement! Circa 1850. 36w x 41 h

Early 19th century Italian carved and giltwood narrow Florentine frame. Circa 1840. A fine addition to any home!

American oil on canvas portrait of seated young lady in the original gilt wood floral flame, New York, Mid-19th century.

Superb vintage mosaic typical of the 1970s, it gives the appearance of a stained-glass window or a large abstract painting. Composed of resin ceramic tiles surrounded by two large gl...

An antique miniature portrait painting on celluloid of Marie Antoinette seated in parcel gilt frame, artist signed Alex lower right...

Miniature portrait of a distinguished lady, signed Stieler. Bronze frame behind oval round glass, 19th century Signed Stieler, Joseph Karl Stieler (1781- Mainz - 1858 Munich) was a German painter. The size is 10 cm x 7.5 cm x 1 cm 1820-1830 From 1820 until 1855 he worked as royal court painter of the Bavarian kings. He is known for his Neoclassical portraits, especially for the Gallery of Beauties at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. Born in the city of Mainz to a long-established family of engravers, punchcutters and die makers, Stieler received some artistic training from his father, August Friedrich Stieler (1736–1789). After the early death of his father, Joseph Karl autodidactically completed his apprenticeship and began his career as a painter of miniatures, which were increasingly sought after by bourgeois circles After Mainz had been occupied by French revolutionary troops in 1792, Stieler followed the expelled court of Prince-Archbishop Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal to Aschaffenburg. Here he met with the later Archbishop Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, who became his most important patron and sponsor. From 1802 to 1805 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the master class of Heinrich Füger. Stieler's portrait style was most especially shaped during his work in the Parisian atelier of François Gérard, a student of Jacques-Louis David. In 1808, he established himself as an independent portraitist in the city of Frankfurt and in 1810 travelled through Italy. From 1812 he worked at the court of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. In 1816, he again travelled to Vienna to paint the portrait of Emperor Francis I of Austria. Between February and April 1820, he worked on his portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, which is probably the most well-known representation of the composer today. In 1847 he also painted the portrait of Lola Montez...