European Wall Decorations

Liberty and Co. An Arts and Crafts wall cabinet with gold stencilled lion and a motto ''THE MAN WHO SMOKES THINKS LIKE A SAGE AND ACTS LIKE A SAMARITAN", BY Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st...

Gorgeous handpainted tiles with 3 different images of a pink flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas). The tiles are hand painted and handmade in Italy...

This extremely rare work on paper by Anselm Kiefer is the one and only silkscreen and signed edition on paper Anselm Kiefer ever made. Printed on a prestigious BKF Rives Paper (fines...

Very rare and large ceramic bowl or wall decor from the famous Danish ceramic workshop Michael Andersen & Søn (MA&S) on the island of Bornholm. Made circa 1950s or 1960s. The Hand Painted decor resembles the style of Marianne Starck but is most likely not by her as the piece doesn't show her signature. We suppose it's by Gerd Hiort Petersen...

French Majolica bird with grapes aqua plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1880.

French Majolica purple daisy plate Orchies, circa 1890.

Danish artist Arne A. Hansen born in 1922 Motif of a young girl studying at her desk with yellow tulips Oil on canvas in wooden frame with gold. Measurements: Height 73.5 cm includ...

Super image of Lord Willingdon Originally a plate from Punch or The London Charivari Published 1934 The measurement given is the paper size not the actual image.

Large Mid-Century wall mounted teak slatted shelf or coat and hat rack. In original condition with wear and scratching consistent with age and use.

- Rare ceramic wall sculpture. - Nice colored.

Contemporary Large Decorative Wall Art Wood Marquetry, Geometric mix Organic Shapes The Ruby Wall Decor introduces a playful touch to contemporary wall art. It features a surprising...

Orientalist Scene Turkish Women Dancing In The Harem, Luigi Crosio. Measures: Height 67.5 cm Width 92 cm Mixed media on wood In good conservative condition, present signs of ...

This is a magnificent antique Italian School, 19th Century, oil on canvas painting of a young lady reading a scroll,mid 19th century in date. ...

18th Century French Oil Painting of a Nobleman. Beautiful piece purchased in France. Age appropriate piece, see detailed photos or message us with details. Excellent condition.

Art Deco bronze floral motif architectural panel, four available, each one of rectangular form with pierced floral still life.

Very Decorative Early 19th-century French Provincial Plate Rack. Made of richly patinated chestnut with small decorative turned apple wood spindles and brass nail decorations. Typica...

Leonardo da Vinci. The Complete Paintings. Book by Pietro Marani Da Vinci in detail: Leonardo's life and work all paintings. One of the most fully ac...

Aubusson tapestry of 19th century Aubusson, N° 1236 Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also Our know-how, we are pleased to present to you works of art in fabric such as Tapestry, Carpets and Textiles...

Large 19th Century English Oil Painting -Five Hunting Dogs- signed E. Armfield. Large, signed painting in oil on canvas. This ...

Michelangelo. The Drawings of a Genius. By Achim Gnann. Preface by Klaus Albrecht Schröder. Published by the Albertina, Vienna. This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition "Michelangelo: The Drawings of a Genius", Albertina, Vienna; October 8, 2010 - January 9, 2011. 478th. Published by Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2010. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. Michelangelo's drawings endowed human physique with an expressive musculature that remains to be rivaled in its feeling for corporeal articulation. His drawings of male nudes in particular, fraught as they are with tempestuous longing, project both tension and pliancy, and a compelling sense of health in the exertions and torque of bodies. He was also readily able to bring contrary qualities of grace and swiftness to depictions of women and cherubim. With over 300 color plates and extensive contextualizing scholarship, Michelangelo: The Drawings of a Genius is the most complete treatment of his work ever published, and thus constitutes a publication of great importance. Masterpieces from the world's finest museums are gathered, from the early studies for the "Battle of Cascina" and the studies for the Sistine Chapel frescoes, to the drawings for the tomb of Julius II, the Medici tombs...

Playful and whimsical, Capron’s art panels are the most sought after, as editions were small, and in some cases not more than a few, or by special commission. Some are rough and mat...

Step into the timeless brilliance of Henri Matisse with this extraordinary color cliché, expertly edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1943. Adorned by a stunning solid w...

Original oil on canvas portrait painting of two putti with lovely cherub faces crowned by wings. Canvas shows extensive craquelure, long vertical and horizontal cracks, old repairs,...

Original surrealist painting by self taught French artist from the city of Sete, France, named El Kalo. This interesting piece of artwork clearly depicts one wonderful painting by this brilliant artist which is inspired by Pablo Picasso and Herve Di Rosa...

A Fine Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted 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, 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. A retailer's label reads " Fred K/ Keer's Sons - Framers and Fine Art Dealers - 917 Broad St. Newark, N.J." - Another label from the gilder reads "Carlo Bartolini - Doratore e Verniciatori - Via Maggio 1924 - Firenze". Circa: 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Canvas diameter: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Frame height: 54 inches (137.2 cm) Frame width: 42 1/2 inches (108 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/2 inches (14 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...

Wood and ceramic composition on wood panel, part of the Elements Exhibition in Galeria Tambien Ibiza. Natalie Rich-Fernández is a multidisciplinary artist whose dynamic career spans...

This large and exquisitely detailed Victorian majolica wall-hanging relief plate features a striking depiction of two elegantly adorned Greek goddesses. Created in a vibrant Barbotin...

Pair of small Lalique glass consoles, "Mouflons". Half round clear glass shelf supported by frosted glass dear like head on tall neck. Measures: Width 22", depth 14", height 20" V...

An antique pair of Grand Tour intaglios in wooden frames with a total a 72 medallions. Wear consistent with age and use. circa 19th century, Italy.

Woolen Color studies in a recycled box Hand-spun woolen balls - gradient - wrapped in silk and cotton yarn Handmade, hand-spun wool objects in an old box Soft balls and shapes of woo...

Original vintage Mercedes Benz poster published to celebrate the motorsport victory of its drivers during the 1955 season - Auch Sportwag...

Large contemporary wall mirror created by French artists Pascal & Annie LENIAU. The hand-sculpted “Octogone Vert Jade” mirror is a octogone sculptural composition. An original creati...

1106 - a very beautiful 18th century Aubusson tapestry with very pretty color.

ARTEMIS is House of Hackney's non-conformist take on a traditional floral design. Inspired by the work of William Morris as well as Diana Vreeland's iconic 'Garden in Hell' room, thi...

Majolica pear plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1920.   

Rare and quite wonderful first-year-of-release Czech film poster for Jean-Luc Godard's equally wonderful Une Femme est une Femme (A Woman is a Woman). Great design by Josef Vyletal. ...

French Majolica oyster plate signed Longchamp, circa 1900.

A rare British quad for the first instalment of George Lucas' original, genre-defining, sci-fi trilogy 'Star Wars'. When the studio realized how successful the first film was going t...

Large Antique Wooden Carved Black Forest Baroque stag head with 10 Point Trophy A large antique Black Forest baroque stag head. Carved in typical abstract style of the early 18th century. It is mounted on a wooden carved and painted plaque with emblem and foliages and features a large real stag antler trophy. The head still has its original polycrome painted finish witch is partly restored. The left side of the plaque has been replaced. A great individual piece which enhances every wall decoration. A special way to present hunting trophies is to attach them to carved animal heads. This tradition exists since the Middle Ages. Even after intensive investigations, it is not yet possible to explain exactly how this happened. The carved heads are often colored and mounted on cartouches that are also carved and painted. They follow a naturalistic representation and one could think that in this way they are symbolically brought back from the abstraction of dead antlers into liveliness. Famous artists to be named are Madl in Ichenhausen, Germany and Heissl in Ebensee, Austria. Around 1900, the antler collection...

At over four feet wide, this winged angel carving has an impressive span. Hand-carved in walnut in France during the 1600’s, the sculpture depicts the i...

Walter bosse swallow birds key holder around 1950s The key is not included ( only for the photoshooting ).

Held from 7th to 22nd November 2009, the Louis Vuitton Trophy was a series of race regattas as International America's Cup Class boats. These events were held in Nice in the Cote d'A...

Large rare 19th Century Majolica oranges & lemons wall plaque "Perret Gentil Menton." Reference / page 205 "Barbotines de la Cote d'Azur" of M. Bottero. 17.6 inches H, L / 12.5 inches.

A set of four 1920s bronze Art Deco wall panels for decoration. Arrangeable in any formation or orientation, these elegant openwork panels will make a striking decorative display in ...

A large vintage rectangular wall relief in French Plaster, from the Parthenon to Neoclassical style, in good condition. Hand crafted bas-relief of the Parthenon temple, on the Athen...

Large Plalissy ware Majolica Trompe L'oeil Platter by Alfred Renoleau (French 1854-1930), circa 1885. Naturalistically molded and applied with a large fish and eel to the center, a ...

Stiftung Insel Hombroich: Museum und Raketenstation by Museum und Raketenstation. Published by Stiftung Insel Hombroich, 1999. 1st Ed hardcover. The Museum Insel Hombroich (Museum Island Hombroich), Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is both a park and a museum combining architecture, art and nature on over 62 acres of meadowland. The park includes the "Kirkeby-Feld" and the "Raketenstation" ("rocket station"), a disused NATO missile base. The museum located on the Museum Island is called "Museum Insel Hombroich". It presents both antique art from Asia...

Clef de Sol bookshelf Produced by Ateliers Matégot France, c.1955 White painted metal (later painted) documentation : - MONDINEU, Mathieu Mategot, éd. Jou...

A Very Large and Quite Impressive 19th C. Italian Oil on Canvas Painting, 'Departure of the Guests', F. Beda. The oil painting Departure of the Guests, signed by Francesco Beda, capt...

Hans Osswald (1919-1983), Swedish artist. Oil on board. Modernist composition, mid-20th century. Visible dimensions: 43 x 35 cm. Signed. In very good c...

Original vintage advertising poster for Lambretta featuring great artwork by the French artist Albert Brenet (1903-2005) showing production workers in a factory with a row of the ico...

The category Antique Paintings, Portraits Of A Girl features an Oil Painting On Canvas From The Early 1900s. It is a portrait of a young woman dressed in peasant clothing and holdin...

"Correas" is a wall mounted bookshelf, designed by Miguel Mila' and manufactured by Dessie', featuring 3 or 4 shelves, fixed to two or three uprig...

Very decorative wall decorating set consisting of thirteen 19th century antique French handmade wooden boards, twelve chopping or cutting boards and one (the mini wooden board) choco...

78235 Late 19th Century Antique French Aubusson Tapestry, 04'10 x 06'01. Woven in the twilight decades of the 19th century, this antique French Aubusson tapestry is a romantic echo o...

Antique group of three sailors valentines from the West Indies in an unusual anchor form, hand decorated in exotic seashells and featuring pincushions, giving function to form. Price...

A large set of unique antique tiles, with a beautiful Art Deco pattern, Hemiksem circa 1940, Belgium. The dimensions per tile are 4,7 (12 cm)× 4,7" (12 c...

The beautiful country-of-origin Advance UK Quad for the fourth Bond film Thunderball. Fantastic artwork of Sean Connery by Robert McGinnis & Frank McCarthy, highly collectible. This...