Gilt Decorative Art

An important Japanese lacquer Maki-É Panel Depicting St. Petersburg on the River Neva, with the winter palace on the left and the academy of science on the right, 18th century. Nagasaki, 1780-1800 In black lacquer on copper, the front decorated in maki-é, the back inscribed, Vue Perspective des Bords de la Neva en descendant la Rivière entre le Palais d'hyver de sa Majesté Impériale et les batiments de l'Académie des Sciences à St Petersburg in gold and inlaid with flowers in mother of pearl. Measures: H 23 x W 39 cm The present plaque is identical to one in the Museum of Japanese History in Sakura and another one in the Museum of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg. (see: Oliver Impey & Christiaan Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer, 1580-1850, p. 52-53) This last one was given to Catherine the Great in 1794 by the Swedish medical doctor Johan Arnold Stutzer who had served with the VOC in Deshima in 1787-1788. Apparently, such plaques were not unique and may have been made in several copies. This was certainly the case with the smaller lacquer oval portrait medallions (see for instance Uit Verre Streken, June 2017, no. 62) The scene of St. Petersburg was copied from an optical print taken by Stutzer to Japan, as shown by Yasumasa Oka of the Kobe City Museum. Stutzer in his diary writes: “I am the first to bring them (i.e. the Japanese) original pictures such as a view of St Petersburg and of Rudolf XV on horseback and try to have them made (in lacquer). According to the Japanese, it is the first time that these two pictures will be copied. Other products that I also ordered, for example, pictures of sea battles, are also appreciated as absolute masterpieces”. For two lacquered plaques depicting the sea battle of Dogger Bank in 1781 between the Dutch and the English navies, see Uit Verre Streken, December 2013, nr. 39 and March 2015, nr 56. Johan Strutzer at the same time also presented six beautiful Japanese glass telescopes to Catherine the Great of Russia, like the two Japanese glass telescopes illustrated in Uit Verre Streken, March 2015, item 59 and 60 and the one in the Kobe City Museum (illustrated in: Japan Envisions the West, 16th-19th Century Japanese Art...

Antique ca. middle of 19th hand - painted Russian Orthodox Icon of Saint Barbara / Святая Варвара. Tempera on Wood with Gilt elements. Abbreviated inscription in archaic Russian " Св...

Antique parcel gilt and painted porcelain charger plate by Royal Vienna Austrian, late 19th Century Frame: Diameter 53.5, depth 3.5 Plaque: Diameter 49cm, depth 2.5cm This beautiful charger plate was crafted by the famous Royal Vienna Porcelain Manufactory. Royal Vienna was founded in 1718, making it one of the first factories to produce porcelain goods in Europe. Antique Royal Vienna items are today held in important art collections, including the Uffizi in Florence, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Frick Collection in New York. This charger is marked with the blue beehive-shaped shield of the Royal Vienna factory. The charger features a central painting, depicting the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary was forced to renounce the Scottish throne...

Painted porcelain plate figuring a fisherwoman near a lake in the middle of nature. She holds a fishing rod under her arm and tries to hung an insect on the hook. She wears a pink, o...

Antique hand - painted depiction of a Woman .. ca. late 19th cent. European Tempera painting on plate under original Glass plate in original wooden frame. The painting is signed. S...

Painted canvas figuring a side view Art Deco woman. She wears a brown-orange coat with large sleeves with geometrical white, black and gilt motifs. She ...

Painted canvas figuring a side view white greyhound. It wears a necklace composed by a gilt chain, a part in brown leather, a gilt shell and a pompon. B...

Painted canvas figuring a side view Art Deco woman. She wears a long black dress with white collar, sleeves and ornamentation. She wears ...

Set of five German Engraved and parcel Gilt Mirror Panels, Each engraved mirrored panel portrays a different character with hand painting and gilt detailing.

Wonderful oval stipple engraving after James Gillray Showing the meeting of Colonel Gardiner with his daughters before the Battle of Prestonpans. Set against the background of sterl...

Painted canvas figuring a side view of a woman portrait in the Renaissance style. She wears a black dress with a gilt collar, belt with gilt flower motifs, grey sleeves adorned wit...

Each Capodimonte porcelain plaque in this pair portrays a famous episode from Roman history: The Rape of the Sabines. The scene on each pl...

Painted canvas figuring a side view Art Deco woman who turns her head to us. She wears a large white coat with black collar, sleeves, pipings and buttons. She wears a white hat on he...

Presenting an exquisite piece of artistry, "Girl wearing a green jacket," an oil on canvas creation by the talented Russian artist Alexej Harlamoff (1840–1925). This painting encapsu...

This fantastic porcelain plaque features some exceptionally splendid gilded decoration, but it is the central Biblical scene which makes it a truly special piece. Depicting the story...

Behold "Abundantia," an oil masterpiece on panel, often attributed to the accomplished artist Angelica (Maria Anna) Kauffman (Italian/English, 1741-1807). This remarkable work of art...

An antique pair of Portuguese Baroque hand carved architectural wall reliefs, enhanced by richly ornate detailed scrolls, in good condition. Original painted patina with partial gilt...

This exquisite Spanish gilded iron sunburst is a stunning decorative piece that exemplifies the artistry and elegance of traditional Spanish design. The sunburst features meticulousl...

Serpent & Galleon, Ink on Paper, in an 18th Century GiltWood Frame.

Large nautical seascape oil on canvas painting by Charles Levier. Window to Corsican port featuring a bowl of fruit leading one's imagination that the artist was sitting at a table looking out the window while producing this magnificent work of art. This painting is a masterful work and is perfect for those who have an affinity for abstracts, post-impressionism, cubism, nature, and nautical works. Painted in the manner of some Bernard Buffet works of art. Professionally framed, circa 1965. Framed Measurements: 40" High x 1 1/2" Deep x 34 1/2" Wide This Charles Levier oil...

Decorate a bedroom wall with this colorful, antique Aubusson drawing cartoon. Created in the city of Aubusson, France circa 1820, the simple and elegant gouache on paper is hand pain...

A neoclassical painted and gilded overdoor panel in the manner of Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo, circa 1790.

Gilt and patinated bronze plaque. Japan, circa 1900.

A vintage hand done needlepoint of Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany, presented In a regal hand carved gilt wood frame. Neuschwanstein Castle was built in the 1800s and is loc...

Italian surreal still life panels depicting string instruments, a viola and a mandolin(o).  Made by Felice Galbiati Arte Decorativa in Milan.  A lacquered lithographic transfer on wo...

Behold "Hilltop View," a captivating oil-on-canvas masterpiece created in 1937. This evocative painting presents a young girl standing amidst a breathtaking mountainous landscape, expertly rendered by the skilled hand of Carl Forup...

All four wall lights decorated in the same way, elaborately detailed with scrolling foliate decorations and floral embellishments. On each, the depiction of a Classical Greek dramatic male mask is set at the lower central section, which leads to three outward scrolling branches with frosted glass light shades. These charming wall lights...

A beautifully carved Chinese wooden panel with a beautiful figural decoration. The panel is gilded and beautifully framed. The piece dates from the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century.

Painted canvas figuring a side view Art Deco woman. She wears a large black coat with white collar and interior. She wears a black hat on her head adorn...

A fine quality clock and barometer set by Carcany and Robin, after models on exhibition in the Louvre Museum, Paris. In the Louis XVI manner, of banjo form, the cases being in cr...

These stylish decorative Japanese style wall art collages have been mounted in black lacquered wood and lucite frames. Each panel is ready to hang. These unique works of art are visibly inspired by both 19th century Chinese carved gold gilt and painted wood wall panel or plaques with scholar and warrior figures. As well as, Japanese Shunga. Shunga is a style that was painted by some of the best ukiyo-e artists of the day. This work features figurative art, daggers, gilding, textiles, natural bamboo and a musical harp...

A fine Italian 19th century oil painting on canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520) The circular canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved gilt wood and gesso frame (all high quality gilt is original) which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting, circa 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Measures: Canvas height: 29 1/4 inches (74.3 cm) Canvas width: 29 1/4 inches (74.3 cm) Painting diameter: 28 1/4 inches (71.8 cm) Frame height: 57 7/8 inches (147 cm) Frame width: 45 1/2 inches (115.6 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/8 inches (13 cm).   Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. Influence of Florence Raphael led a "nomadic" life, working in various centres in Northern Italy, but spent a good deal of time in Florence, perhaps from about 1504. Although there is traditional reference to a "Florentine period...

Large antique painted ceramic equestrian plaque French, 19th Century Plaque: Height 20cm, width 66cm Frame: Height 41cm, width 86cm, depth 6cm This ...

Great image of a bloodhound presented in a distressed antique gilt frame. Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color. Published, 1847.

American sampler under glass with the original gilt Birdseye maple molded edge frame, Early 19th Century. Signed by maker Mary Ann Browning, Age 12.

From Italy, Marche central region, a polychrome carved holy water font mid-18th century, a shaped panel with carved and gilt scrolls and acanthus leaf details. A green edge decoratio...

O/1886-1 -That's a beautiful gilded wood frame, perfect both for painting and for mirror. Not little, not large. Fair good price.

A gorgeous pink and gold gilt porcelain German dinner plate charger or wall art, circa early-20th century, Germany. Plate has a heavy gold gilt edge and center; both are embossed wit...

Wall Decoration Glow Brass with all structure in solid aluminium in gold finish with drops pattern.

These elegant wall sconces were hand-carved in Italy. They have been wired to serve as lamps and feature sumptuously hand painted shades. The whole is composted of intricately carved...

Eugene Leroy abstract composition or original artist proof, eau forte or etching. This intriguing work of art is titled "Sleep". Hand-signed on the lower ...

A stunning piece of decorative art by Edna Hibel featuring a young girl dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono. Edna Hibel: 1917-2015. Well listed important American artist. Most...

Painted canvas figuring a side view Art Deco woman. She wears a large white coat with black pipings and buttons. She has blond hair and wears a black ha...

Pair of antique golden friezes with olive branches. They are from the French Empire period and are perfect. ref. O/7147.

Attributed to August Stephan Sedlacek (Austrian/German, 1868-1936) "The Violin Presentation" Oil on Canvas depicting an interior 18th century scene of...

Various brands including one with a collie, one with a horse, an eagle (Turkish), cows (Turkish), birds (Egyptian Deities, and others). A large one at top for La Reclama, Havana Ciga...

Yoshikatsu Tamekane "Bird" Abstract Woodcut This is a stunning abstract woodblock with collagraph by Japanese printmaker Yoshikatsu Tamekane (b. 1959). Tamekane is best known for ad...

This beautiful, original hand-colored orchid lithograph of "Begonia Scharffii" Orchids by John Nugent Fitch is plate number 7028 from Robert Warner's publication 'The Orchid Album, C...

Oil painting on masonite or board. Signed lower right. A charming country scene of a house in winter with a fence and bluish-white snow covered yard. Tall brown-green tress frame the...

Signed lower left. A genre scene along a Venice canal with ladies shopping. They stop at a vegetable stall under a white awning. The proprietor is seated doing needlework with her da...

An original hand-carved and leaf gilded wall frieze as a giltwood porta Palme vase with handles. It comes from a private residence of Milan, where it was topped with a wall demilune...

Unsigned, from the estate of the artist. A rustic landscape with a snowfall on a snow covered lake and purple hills in the background. Two pine trees frame the scene in the foregrou...

A magnificent hand painted Bjørn Wiinblad Rosenthal platter made for the studio line ceramics. Signed Bjorn Wiinblad. Decorated in 24-karat gold with an iridescent pattern. A fantastic collector’s item. Please note: This plates are heavy, weighing about pounds. It will be very well packed to ensure safe arrival. Including a rectangular platter...

A circa 1960's Italian welded Brutalist style metal crowing rooster wall sculpture. Measurements: Height: 21" Width: 17" Dept: 7".

American sampler under glass with the original gilt Birdseye maple frame, Early 19th Century. Alphabet and Numerals. Signed by maker Maria Nuttall Age 7.

A large antique early 20th century English Art Nouveau black and white lithograph, The Sleeping Minstrel after Arthur Augustus Dixon (b.London 1872), presented in a stunning, origina...

Orientalist Painting Wall Art Arab Market Scene Dutch G. Huijsser Antique Frame. Very nice oil on cardboard by Gerard Huijsser, Dutch painter, depicting a gathering of people in a or...

Pair of French (or Italian ?) garland friezes in gilded wood for wall decoration. They used to be thicker, but someone made them thinner to fit something. Very elegant, like the ones...

Coppia di Fregi Dorati Italiani 1750 circa Intaglio Rococò a Volute, dorate in foglia d'oro su una preparazione di bolo rosso armeno. Sono molto probabilmete cimase di specchiere a...

Large 18th C. Bucolic Painting Garden Nature Scene Landscape Dog Flowers Antique . A Beautiful Hand painted bucolic " Bucolique " painting in the spir...