Miniature Bas-Relief Wax Portrait of Woman, 18th Century

Nice pastel portrait representing a young woman. Wonderful weathered wooden frame and its old glass, France, 18th century. Weathered, small losses.

A very attractive and extremely decorative Italian 18th Century collection of wax reliefs. The seals are framed within a period ebonized fruitwood mottled rectangular frame. The extensive collection of various sized busts of philosophers...

Miniature signed and framed watercolour portrait of a woman.

An attractive pair of colonial American mid-18th century oil on canvas portraits. The detail and rendering of the paintings is of extremely fine quality. Highly contrasted figures against the dark backgrounds references the earlier work of Caravaggio and Rembrandt. One such American artist who particularly employed this technique in the late 1760s and early 1770s was John Singleton Copley...

An early 19th century oil portrait on board of an Italian woman in traditional costume. Framed in oak with gold leaf. Board measures 21 in. x 17 in.

The artist portrayed an upper-class lady who has some facial features of Reynolds' Mrs Andrews. More specifically, the long, straight nose and the large eyes. Her head resting on her...