Armand POINT, Preparatory drawing for Young Woman with the Green Toque, 1905

This portrait of a European woman dressed in Japanese attire within a Japan-inspired setting was likely created after a work by the German painter Conrad Kiesel, which shares the sam...

This statue, titled Young Girl with a Conch, was cast by the Ducel Foundry after a work by Pierre Loison in the mid-19th century. The sculptor Pierre Loison (or Loyson) (1816-1886) began his career as an apprentice to a clog maker. Noticed for his talent, he was able to study sculpture in the studio of David d’Angers and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He received numerous official commissions and exhibited in nearly every Salon from 1845 until 1886, the year of his death, as well as at the 1855 Universal Exhibition. The Ducel Foundry was founded in 1800 in Touraine. It was successively managed by three generations of the Ducel family: Jacques, Jean-Jacques, and Jacques-Gustave. The company had a store in Paris and gained recognition by participating in various international exhibitions held in the second half of the 19th century. It was purchased by the Val d’Osne Foundry in 1878. This sculpture depicts a young girl seated on a rock by the water’s edge. She may represent a naiad, a deity associated with rivers and springs. Her posture conveys movement, as if she is about to enter the water: her face and torso lean forward, she holds onto the rock with her left hand, and in her right hand, she grasps a conch shell, which could emit a jet of water. A drapery covers her waist, and both legs extend toward the water. The statue bears an inscription on the base indicating its origin: “JJ DUCEL...

The Descent of the Courtille The first panel depicts the famous Descent of the Courtille, a parade created in 1822 on the occasion of the Paris Carnival. Due to its popularity, it w...

Oak fireplace with overmantel mirror. In an elegant Louis XV style, the mantel is decorated with finely carved ornaments: a central shell is ...

Very nice original lithograph of Armand Point entitled The golden legend. Armand Point (1861 - 1932) was a French painter and the leader of a community o...

1880s Paul Albert Besnard pencil drawing of a sitting woman. In a gold gilt frame. From a celebrity’s Southampton, NY oceanfront estate.

A Vintage Boho pencil sketch of a woman. A chic pencil on paper composition. Quiet and charming. Unsigned. Acquired from a NY estate

Drawing made in pencil on paper measuring 15 x 19 cm by artist Alberto Pasini (Busseto 1826 - Cavoretto 1899) depicting a female face datable to around 1870. The work has the sign...