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Paintings For Sale
Period: Early 1900s
Period: 1880s
Bay of Naples Gouache Seascape with Vesuvius Erupting, 1906
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Bay of Naples Gouache Seascape with Vesuvius Erupting, 1906, a fine gouache on paper seascape with the panoramic Bay of Naples stretching wide, wit...
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Early 1900s Italian Grand Tour Antique Paintings

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Paper

Vintage Set of 4 Illustrations Signed Zoe Kennedy From 1909
Located in Seattle, WA
Character Study Portrait on Paper.Each is Signed by Zoe Kennedy 09 as Pictured. Wooden Frame, Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured. Dimensions. 14.5 W ; 1/2 D ; 19 1/2 D
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Early 1900s Antique Paintings

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Wood

Émile Renard (French, 1850-1930) A Charming Oil on Canvas "A Good Poker Hand"
By Renard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Émile Renard (French, 1850-1930) A Fine and Charming Oil on Canvas "A Good Poker Hand", depicting a joyous seated man, smoking a pipe, showing his Poker h...
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Early 1900s French Other Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Henry William Standing (British, 1894-1931) Equine Painting
Located in Middleburg, VA
Henry William Standing (British, 1894-1931) Equine Painting, watercolor and gouache on paper. Depicting an English Lady riding Dressage Side Sad...
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Early 1900s English Antique Paintings

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Paint, Paper

19th Century Oil on Canvas Antique French Religious Via Crucis Painting, 1880
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique French painting from the late 19th century. Framework oil on canvas, first canvas, depicting a religious subject, Via Crucis, of good pictorial quality. Painting that develop...
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1880s French Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Large Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
 Early C20th still life oil painting on canvas of a collection of exotic fruits, some partially sliced and watermelon displayed in a bowl, with red printed table...
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Early 1900s Dutch Country Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

19th Century Classical Oil Painting of Pigeons, Signed P.B. West 1887
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A lovely P. B. West 19th century oil painting of three pigeons around a terracotta urn, signed and dated 1887 at lower right; presented in a carved gilt wooden frame. P. B. West was ...
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1880s American Late Victorian Antique Paintings

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Paint

French Traditional Oil on Canvas of a Woman in Courtyard, 1884
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Traditional oil on canvas depicting a gorgeous woman draped in a diaphanous, layered sundress that delicately flows around her, accentuating her beautiful figure. The artist has masterfully captured the woman's beauty, with her elegant posture and delicate features. The use of light and shadow creates a striking contrast, enhancing the three-dimensionality of the figure and giving her a radiant presence within the courtyard. The painting is a remarkable example of French academic art...
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1880s French Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

19th Century Oil Painting of Dance of the Nymphs
Located in Austin, TX
This 19th-century oil canvas; from Maison Blanchet; known for top-notch art supplies; is stamped with a 1890 mark. Blanchet; situated at rue Saint-Benoît 20; was an artist's haven offering premium colors; high-quality canvases; easels; and brushes. The painting showcases nymphs dancing...
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Early 1900s French Antique Paintings

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Gold Leaf

A Hand Painted Chinoiserie Design Wallpaper on Board Panel
Located in New York, NY
A hand painted Chinoiserie design in oil on rice paper, mounted on board. Depicting village figures in a scene with buildings, mountains, and greenery. The design is based on an exam...
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Early 1900s French Chinoiserie Antique Paintings

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Paper

"Le pont de chemin de fer"painting, M. L. Daguerry 1888.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Oil on canvas painting signed M. L. Daguerry, located Paris and dated 1888 on lower left corner. Wooden frame and gilded stucco. France, 1888.
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1880s French Space Age Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Dead heron
By Johannes Frederik Hulk Sr.
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Dead heron by Johannes Frederik Hulk ( 1829 - 1911), work on paper. Signed: John F. Hulk, 1909 Behind glass, with an impressive gilde frame. Johannes Frederik Hulk Sr. was a Dutch ...
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Early 1900s Dutch Romantic Antique Paintings

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Wood, Paper

The Doges Palace in Venice- Frans Wilhelm ODELMARK, 1889
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on canvas representing the inner courtyard of the Doges Palace in Venice, in 1889. Swedish School, bears the signature of Frans Wilhelm ODELMARK and the date 1889. He studied at ...
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1880s Swedish Belle Époque Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Sigmund Landsinger 19th Century Painting of a Young Women
Located in Münster, DE
Sigmund Landsinger (*1855 Vukowar + 1939) Pupil and close confidant of Arnold Böcklin 'Portrait of a young woman Tempera on wood, painted in 1887, Monogrammed and dated upper left,...
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1880s German Neoclassical Antique Paintings

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Paint

The sculptor's studio - Leo van AKEN, 1883
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on oak panel representing a seated model, posing for a sculptor making a statue of the Virgin, in the style of the late 15th century. Around them a heterogeneous set of accessories, and a chest filled with tools. Signed lower left Leo van AKEN, dated 1883. He worked with Polydore Beaufaux...
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1880s Belgian Arts and Crafts Antique Paintings

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Wood

Oil on Canvas of the Countess of Aiguy, Signed and Dated 1886
Located in NICE, FR
An exquisite oil portrait on canvas featuring Lucy A.M Guilland, Countess of Aiguy who was born on November 22, 1852. She elegantly dons a fancy black dress as well as a white lace b...
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1880s French Napoleon III Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Large oil on canvas Painting Artwork by O. Redgrave Still life with Genie
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Large oil on canvas Painting Artwork by O. Redgrave Still life with Genie C1900. An impressive large work. Something really different that would look great in the right location! ...
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Early 1900s Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Early 20th Century Oil Painting Irish Setter Dog in a Stable
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique painting of a hunting dog in a stable, assumable an Irish or French Red & White Setter. Painted with oil on canvas. It has no signature. Due to its uncommon dimensions, it...
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Early 1900s French Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Pine, Paint

19 Century Scottish Or English River Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Fine quality antique oil painting by unknown artist , much admired and celebrated River landscape, with two people overlooking at the river and a bridge .interesting with Fine detai...
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Early 1900s Antique Paintings

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Wood, Canvas

19th Century Italian Village Scene
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming Post-Impressionist painting of a late 19th century Italian village street. The painting is well-executed by a competent artist and is signed at lower right. The in...
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1880s Italian Other Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Antique oil painting "Flowers of the Field" signed, Second Half of the 19th century, France
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This splendid French oil painting was made with a remarkable painting technique that allows the artist to achieve a high degree of naturalistic rendering.Put in relation to the chron...
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1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

The painting "Country Cottage", L. Kyhn, Denmark, 1909.
Located in Chorzów, PL
The painting "Country Cottage". Origin : Denmark, early XX century - 1909 Paintor : signed L. Kyhn Dimensions: Frame: height 64 cm / width 85 cm Image: height 41 cm / width 62 cm
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Early 1900s Scandinavian Other Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Antica coppia di dipinti a olio "Paesaggio"firmati , Germania, Jugendstil, 1901
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Questa splendida coppia di dipinti a olio "Paesaggio" si basa formalmente su un naturalismo che insegue una verosomiglianza nella rappresentazione della realta',anche attraverso un pittoricismo che abbozza la forma con una pittura veloce,carica di vibrazioni luminose e cromatiche.A livello compositivo le due tele sono in linea con un elegante gusto Jugendstil,con una composizione che predilige forme esili e sfrutta le forme vegetali per comporre prezioso intreccio decorativo.L'autrice di questa coppia di paesaggi presenta una notevole tecnica di formazione accademica,che si esplica in un'alta ricerca di resa naturalistica.L'artista mostra anche di essere un rappresentante dell'ambito Art Nouveau di inizio XX secolo ,in una composizione dal disegno complesso e che riporta anche qualche ispirazione di gusto esotico,soprattutto dall'arte giapponese...
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Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Painting "Kayaking harbour". signed Frederiksen, Denmark, early XX century
Located in Chorzów, PL
Painting "Kayaking harbour". Origin : Denmark, early XX century Paintor : signed : Frederiksen Dimensions: Frame: height 52 cm / width 74 cm Image: height 33 cm / width 54 cm
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Early 1900s Scandinavian Other Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Antico dipinto a olio "Natura morta con fiori" firmato Guerin Therese inizio 900
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stupendo dipinto a olio francese,natura morta con fiori,intitolata dall'autrice Therese Guerin "le Vase Bleu".Therese Guerin (1861-1933) nativa di Lione,e' stata allieva di Medard and Perrachon e si è sempre distinta per la qualita' delle sue opere,questo dipinto ne è uno splendido esempio per la magistrale esecuzione delle rose e del vaso blu...
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Early 1900s French Beaux Arts Antique Paintings

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Wood

Antique pastel painting "portrait of a woman" signed Dagnaux, France 1900
By Albert Dagnaux
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Refined pastel painting "portrait of a woman" executed by A.Dagnaux in 1920,delicate in the strokes and use of color the author demonstrates remarkable skill in execution,the feather boa covering the female figure is sublimely executed ,it almost feels as if you can touch it as the female figure's own hand. Beautiful original frame of the 'era,overall good condition. Albert Marie Adolphe Dagnaux (Paris, July 10, 1861 - Mantes-la-Jolie, November 22, 1933) was a French landscape, tableaux and figure painter. Biography His father owned a small restaurant, "Le Dagnaux," in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. He began his studies in 1878 at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts under Professor Ernest Victor Hareux. His first exhibition was in 1883, at the Salon. In 1890 he left the Salon to join the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, founded by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier.It was at that time that he began to receive positive critical attention. His first great success came with his tableau Avenue du Bois de Boulogne...
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Crayon

Charles Edward Dixon ‘Coaling, Portsmouth Harbour’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Charles Edward Dixon ‘Coaling, Portsmouth Harbour’, watercolour and gouache showing a two masted ship steamship enveloped in black smoke while being loaded and re-victualled, with a ...
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Early 1900s English Antique Paintings

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Paper

Antique French pastel painting "Mother with Child" from the early 1900s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Old French pastel painting "Mother with Child "from the early 1900s,the author demonstrates great skill in conveying the feeling of complacency of the maternal figure,not to mention ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Paintings

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Wood, Paper

Antique German oil painting "Portrait of a Maiden" from 1901 signed Konig
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Antique German oil painting "Portrait of a Maiden" dated 1901 signed Konig,the author demonstrates good mastery in the use of colors and technique,the forest in the background,the wr...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Paintings

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Wood

Mid-Century Abstract Painting by Charles Maussion
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century abstract expressionist oil painting by Charles Maussion. The energetic vibrancy of the piece is balanced by its smoky, woody palette of grays and ochres. Dynamic yet serene, the painting has a wonderfully spontaneous sense of gesture. Charles Maussion (1923 - 2010) was a prominent French painter in mid-century abstract expressionist circles. Interested in the intersection of music and math, he showed his moody, minimalist paintings in the 1950's and 60's at the Arnaud Gallery, Iris Clert, Lucien Durand...
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Early 1900s French Edwardian Antique Paintings

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Paint

Henry Charles Fox R B A British 1855 1929. A Surrey Lane
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Henry Charles Fox R B A British 1855 1929. A Surrey Lane This is a fine example of the Artists work signed and dated 1907. The scene is of a Cowman on a wet Surrey Lane in autumn ...
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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Paintings

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Paper

19th Century Dutch Oil on Canvas Painting of Old Man Smoking a Pipe Part Suite
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original 19th century Dutch oil on canvas of an old man smoking a pipe which is part of a suite I have seven of these lifestyle, natural Dutch oil paintings, the others are all listed under my other items, they each have a very serene look and feel to them This one is of an elderly gentleman smoking a pipe The condition of the oil is very good, there will be some wear around the edges and it is unframed as you can see Dimensions Height:- 40.5cm Width:- 30.5cm Depth:- 2cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point, if you would like any additional or specific measurements please ask. Any questions please feel free to ask before you bid. ABOUT US We are a privately owned family ran business founded in Wimbledon SW19 and now based in Pulborough RH20. We specialise in finding, restoring very fine luxury antique leather seating, along with every single other type of antique ranging...
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1880s Danish French Provincial Antique Paintings

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Pine, Paint

John Henry Frederick Bacon, A.R.A. Lifesize Family Portrait
Located in New York, US
Our magnificent oil on canvas by John Henry Frederick Bacon, A.R.A. (1868-1914), entitled The Golden Butterfly, depicts the family of John and Julietta Boyd-Harvey at Tondu House in South Wales in 1907. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1907, no. 572. This very large painting depicts the Boyd-Harvey family on the lawn of Tondu House in South Wales, with the mountain and valley of Tondu in the background. John Bacon...
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Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Bali Hindu Textile Framed 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia, circa 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A Mid-20th Century 'Kamasan' cotton textile painting from Bali, Indonesia. The hand painted image has great detail and depicts Balinese Hindu mythology. This textile painting is stre...
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Early 1900s Balinese Folk Art Antique Paintings

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Cotton, Paint

Antique Pair of Folk Art Collages Paintings of Partridges in Tramp Art Frames
Located in Munich, DE
This charming pair of collages of a male and a female partridge has been skilfully made out of feathers. The game birds have been set in a colourful landscape surround painted in watercolours. The paintings have been mounted by the last owners in oat coloured passe - partouts with white boardes...
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1880s Austrian Folk Art Antique Paintings

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Feathers

Pietro Fragiacomo Italian Period Venetian Landscape
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful oil on panel painting representing Venetian landscape. The luminosity of this evocative view combined with the impressionistic style of br...
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Early 1900s Italian Romantic Antique Paintings

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Wood

Large Oil on Canvas with Young Gypsy Fortune Teller
Located in Madrid, ES
Large Oil On Canvas With Young Gypsy Fortune teller. LARGE OIL ON CANVAS WITH YOUNG Gypsy guessing the future VERY INTERESTING OIL ON CANVAS REPRESENTING A YOUNG Gypsy guessing the FUTURE. IT IS SIGNED BY: PRADILLA AND TITLE: discovering the future. CIRCA 1900. MEASURES 104X94 CM ONLY OIL WITHOUT FRAME . Francisco Pradilla...
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Early 1900s Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Oil on Wood Panel Religious Painting of Marie De Bourgonne by Moerenhout
Located in Montreal, QC
Oil on panel of Marie de Bourgonne signed: Moerenhout Gent 1902 Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; Dutch: Maria van Bourgondië; 13 Februa...
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Early 1900s French Antique Paintings

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Wood

20th Century Oil on Canvas German Signed Franz Bombach Landscape Painting, 1900
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great German painting from the early 20th century. Artwork oil on canvas, first canvas, depicting a wooded landscape, view of the river, of good pictorial quality. Painting adorned...
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Early 1900s German Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Alfred De Breanski Sr. Oil on Canvas Scottish Loch with Fisherman
By Alfred de Breanski Sr.
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1880s by Alfred De Breanski Sr., (1852 - 1928), England. This lovely oil on canvas, using the impedimenti technique of layering and glazing...
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1880s English Late Victorian Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Painting impressionism " Les Lavandieres" Monogram E.B , period France 1883
Located in DÉNIA, ES
"The theme of washerwomen bent over their task on the edge of a stream appears in Boudin's work from 1878. The painter continues to use this motif, which knows few variations in its ...
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1880s French Beaux Arts Antique Paintings

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Wood

19th C. Silk Embroidered and Hand Painted Seascape by Thomas Willis
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century silk embroidered and hand painted oil on canvas seascape by Thomas Willis (1850 - 1925), depicting the schooner-rigged racing yacht MARION W...
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1880s American Folk Art Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Silk

19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century oil painting on canvas depicts a scene portrayed by a wide variety of artists over the years. A young couple are saying their g...
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1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Paintings

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Canvas

The Honorable John Collier, Large Landscape Painting
Located in New York, NY
The Honorable John Maler Collier (British, 1850-1934) was an important artist who painted portraits, dramatic themes, and landscapes. Maler painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation. He was educated at the Eton School and studied art in Munich and Heidelberg, as well as at the Slade School under Poynter and in Paris under Laurens. He also was encouraged by Millais and Alma-Tadema. Presented is a large hillside and river landscape signed oil painting by Collier. Framed it measures 48" wide, 30.5" high and 3" deep. Canvas is 42" wide and 24" high. Frame has very light wear. Painting is in very fine condition. Collier was one of the 24 founding members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, of which he became Vice President and was also a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. He exhibited no fewer than one hundred and thirty paintings at the Royal Academy and one hundred and sixty five at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, as well as many others in galleries throughout the country and abroad. He was the author of The Primer of Art (1882), A Manual of Oil Painting (1886) and The Art of Portrait Painting (1905). He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1920 and he was the subject of The Art of the Honourable John Collier...
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1880s English Pre-Raphaelite Antique Paintings

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Paint

Late 19th Century Round Oil Painting Fruit Still Life with Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique painting, a fruit still life against a dark blue background. The painting is painted on canvas, the canvas is pasted on wo...
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1880s French Napoleon III Antique Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Antique Canvas Depicting 'The Preaching of St. Peter'
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful framed wooden canvas from the end of the 19th century. The reference narrative is the one found in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:14-42) in which Saint Peter starts pre...
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Early 1900s Italian Romantic Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Antique Oil Painting Grand Canal Ducal Palace Venice Alfred Pollentine 1882
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful oil on canvas painting of the view of the Ducal Palace and the entrance to the Piazza San Marco Canal in Venice by the renowned British artist Alfred Pollentine (1836-1890) and signed lower right 'A Pollentine/82. This beautiful landscape captures a striking view of the Ducal Palace from across the Grand Canal. It features a busy canal scene with sailing boats and gondoliers in the foreground, in the distance the facades of Saint Mark's, the Doge's Palace, Santa Maria della Salute and the spiralling tower of the San Marco Campanile complete the painting. Housed in it's original and beautiful gilt gallery frame. Several examples of his work have sold at top auction...
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1880s British Antique Paintings

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Canvas

"Femme Nue" by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro
By Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Pencil and gouache work on paper of a nude female by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro. Provenance: Private collection The Netherlands, purchased from Stern Art-Dealers London, 1996. Ludovi...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Paintings

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Paper

ANTIQUE FRENCH SiGNED FOULEY OIL PAINTING OF FLOWERS DONE WITH PALETTE KNIFE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original antique French oil panting of flowers which has been painted using a palette knife, sig...
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1880s European Victorian Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Pine

Massive Antique Flemish Oil Painting Signed Jihuitog circa 1880 Rural Scene
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this massive original late 19th century extra large Flemish oil painting, signed Q Jihuitog depicting a nice na...
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1880s Danish High Victorian Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Late 19th, Early 20th Century, English Painting Orientalist School
Located in Marbella, ES
English orientalist school; late 19th - early 20th century. "Slave market". Oil on canvas. Presents stamps on the back. Measurements: 26,5 x 36 cm; 27 x 37 cm (frame). The orien...
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Early 1900s English Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Late 19th Century Oil Painting Alpine Village Black Forest Carved Frame
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A antique painting of an alpine landscape in a wooden Black Forest frame. The painting shows a Swiss village in a valley. It is beautifully painted with soft color use. The frame is ...
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1880s German Black Forest Antique Paintings

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Walnut, Paint

Francesco Peluso 'Italian, 1836-1916' a Pair of Oil on Canvas Paintings
Located in London, GB
Francesco Peluso (Italian, 1836-1916) a superb pair of Italian 19th-20th century oil on canvas paintings. Pair of Works: Spinning Yarn; and a Rest from Work, within a gilt wood and g...
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1880s Italian Antique Paintings

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Canvas

Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) Oil on Panel "Dressing for the Ball"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) A very Fine oil on panel "Dressing for the Ball" depicting 18th century scene of a young 'High Society' maiden getting dressed for the ball,...
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Early 1900s Spanish Rococo Antique Paintings

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Wood

Pair of Antique Watercolors with Boats from XIXth
Located in Madrid, ES
Watercolors from around 1900 representing a French frigate and an English frigate.The two watercolors are signed: M.Alexander fecit. Dimensions: 79x64 cm with frame and 57x44 cm with...
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Early 1900s Antique Paintings

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Paper

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
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