Early 19th Century Icon Valdimir's Mother of God Painting Egg Tempera on Wood

19th century Moonlit landscape Measures: Oil on canvas, 67 x 51.5 cm With frame 75 x 59 cm Signed lower left “Luigi Giavazzi” The landscape illuminated by the nocturnal light of the moon that illuminates the sky depicts a collision between natural elements: if on the one hand we find the luxuriant hilly landscape with the rocks covered by shrubs and the grotesque tower with the lion of San Marco...

19th century Portrait of Tiziano Vecellio and Rembrandt Measures: (2) Oil on canvas, 25 x 18.5 cm Frame 46 x 37 cm The two portraits depicting the artists Tiziano Vecellio and Rembrandt are to be counted among the reproductions of those famous self-portraits made by the two painters throughout their careers. As far as Titian is concerned, the artist creates numerous self-portraits that shoot him in different ages of his life and in different poses from time to time. An example is the one kept in the Prado Museum (Tiziano Vecellio, Self-portrait, 1560, oil on canvas, 86 × 65 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid), which portrays the now elderly master, as in the present case. The thick white beard reaches almost to the chest, depicted almost in profile, while here the bust is frontal and the face turned three-quarters; his gaze is then turned to the outside of the painting and his expression seems tired and thoughtful. The broad forehead is uncovered and cut by a tight black bonnet from which no hair comes out. A thin white collar separates the face from the rest of the body dressed in an elegant and sober black dress, just like in this portrait. The figure clearly emerges from the background devoid of objects or furnishings, so that nothing distracts our gaze from the image of the famous artist who thus wants to be remembered. Another example is the self-portrait in Berlin (Self-portrait, 1552, 96 x 75 cm, Staatliche Museen, Berlin), which depicts the elderly artist, but decorated with a rich dress and placed in a physical space. Finally, the lost self-portrait in oil on paper, cited by Vasari in his Lives in 1545, keeps a low profile, as evidenced by the rather modest dress...

Achille Battistuzzi (Trieste 1830 - Barcelona, ??1891) Cloister Oil on canvas, 51x67 cm - with frame 74 x 89 Signed lower right "A. Battistuzzi" Achille Battistuzzi (Trieste 18...

Genoa, early 19th century. Immaculate. Silver plate, 30 x 26 cm. The figure of the Virgin victorious over sin is one of the most fortunate Marian images: already widespread in the Renaissance also thanks to German engravings...

Guglielmo Napoli (Pavia, 1868 - Genoa, 1945) The betrothed Oil on panel, 46.6 x 68 cm Frame 73 x 81 cm Signed lower left "Gugl . mo Napoli Dipinse" The work in questi...

Francesco Fergola (Naples, 1801 - there, 1875) Pair of Views of Pompeii Tempera on paper, 33 x 48 cm Frame 49 x 64 cm The two views in question are signed by Francesco F...

Antique early 19th century Greek original icon painted and brass inlaid panel with presentation info on the side.

Very beautiful Russian icon with a processional cross in its center from the 17th century We can see that the icon was created to accommodate the processional cross with the Chris...

Small and lovely Italian Holy Water font from Italy, a shaped polychrome ceramic artwork dating back to Neoclassical period, early 19th century. This rare religious work is finely ...

This is a complete folio with 34 loose plates in colour and black and white showing elegant 18th century decorative wall panels, wall hangings and arabesques. An excellent design res...

Princess Alice nursed her father Prince Albert as he lay on his deathbed. She retained an interest in medicine for the rest of her life. Soon after her marriage to the German prince Louis IV in 1862, Germany became embroiled in the Austro-Prussian War (1866). Alice devoted much of her attention to working in field hospitals...

Princess Helena was born to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1846 and spent her life campaigning for reforms in nursing. She was a founding member of the British Red Cross and also served as president of the Royal British Nurse's Association. This authentic half inch strand of Princess Helena’s hair is a fascinating piece of royal memorabilia...