French School, circa 1700 Judith and Her Handmaiden with the Head of Holofernes

‘Samson and the Lion’, charcoal drawing, 20th century. A beautifully executed and striking detail from a much larger work. Size: 39 inches (99 cm) high, 59.5 inches (151.2 cm...

MARK HOUGHTON THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS, 2024 Acrylic on linen on wooden panel 62 x 42 x 5cm Series: Urban Glitter Signed & dated verso All rights, the ar...

Oil on canvas Portrait of a gentleman 18th century Measures: Portrait framed 56 x 43 and 51 x 38.5.

A set of nine Chinese export gouaches of local idealised landscapes, each depicting waterside architectural settings each mounted in a Gothic pa...

Spain, 19th century. A Spanish 17th century style rustic still life. Depicting wittles from everyday life. Measures: Height 19 ins (48cms). Width 27 ins (69cms).

A very rare mid 19th-century picture depicting the storming the Bastille in Paris, 14 July 1789. With incredible attention to detail, the figures all picked out in multicolored rolls...

The image of Judith with the Head of Holofernes was a powerful source of inspiration for many of great European artists, and was captured superbly in August Riedel...

Painting with the still young Tsar Peter I. Due to his dark, rather unofficial jacket and the dark background the focus of the painting is based just on the face of the proud emperor...

Italian School of the Sec. XVII "SALOME WITH THE HEAD OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST" Oil on copper. Dim.: 22 x 15 cm good conditions.

Pines and Cranes Anonymous. Kyoto Kano School. Late 17th/early 18th centuries, circa 1700. Pair of six-panel Japanese folding screens. Ink, gofun, pigment and gold leaf on paper. This bold composition presents two pine trees extending to the left and right across a gold leaf background. One tree is silhouetted against a green ground, golden clouds obscuring its true size, the other stretches across a stylized waterway. The pines are paired with Manchurian cranes with red crests and snow white plumage. Both have been highly auspicious motifs in East Asia since Chinese antiquity. Here the artist utilized fluid and instinctive ink brushstrokes to define the trunk, branches and tail feathers, in strong contrast to the precision and sharp angularity of the crane’s legs and beaks. The adoption of this vast metallic painting support required an unerring sense of design and composition, so that the negative space surrounding motifs could imply context for the otherwise floating pictorial elements. The brushwork detailing the trunks of the pines, the exaggerated dimensions of the pine trees and the strength and dynamism of the composition are all reminiscent of Kano Eitoku...

Charming pair of paintings representing young women in well-off interiors during their music lesson, one illustrating a singing lesson and the other a Cello lesson. The theme of the music lesson...

Gorgeous Antique Painting, Oil, French School, Fete Champetre, Gold Frame, 18th C, 1700s with Beautiful Colors!! Framed oil on canvas painting, Fete Champetre, follower of Jean-Bap...