The Holy Trinity, Spain 17th Century

Carved alabaster group, with base, representing Saint George slaying the dragon. Flanders, 17th c. Missing horse's tail, chips on the base and gluing (with original parts). Traces of polychromy and gold repairs. Beautiful, very expressive ensemble. In a legend, Saint George—a soldier venerated in Christianity—defeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from villagers. When they ran out of livestock and trinkets for the dragon, they started giving up a human tribute once a year. This was acceptable to the villagers until a princess was chosen as the next offering. The saint thereupon rescues the princess and kills the dragon. The narrative was first set in Cappadocia in the earliest sources of the 11th and 12th centuries, but transferred to Libya in the 13th-century Golden Legend.

Teak wood chest with rich gilt copper applications of decorative scrolls and foliage, and probably two drooping tulips for the decoration in the center of the work top. Handles for t...

Oil on poplar panel portraying the Holy Family. Tuscany or Umbria, circa 1500-1520. The Holy Family is the name given to the family formed by Jesus of Nazareth...

The story of the Magi comes from the Gospel of Matthew, which indicates that the Magi from the East, having followed a star, came to Bethlehem to adore the newborn King of the Jews, ...

Young Vestal reviving the sacred fire. Oil on canvas, French school of the 1st half of the 18th c., follower of Jean RAOUX 1677-1734. In ancient Rome, the Vestals or Vestal Virgins w...

Small, well-proportioned (95x90) buffet in walnut with oak core, decorated with scrolls, canopies and fantastical animals (dolphins?) on the door fronts. Four eagle-claw feet; sides ...

Miniature on copper depicting the Holy Trinity in oil modelled after a painting by a Spanish painter, Fernando Yanez de la Almedina who was active ...

An outstanding 17th century Oil Painting of Catherine of Alexandria, a Christian saint and virgin, martyred in the early fourth century by t...

17th century Italian School "Holy Family with St. John the Baptist" Oil on canvas (Original canvas, restorations, missing parts) Signed on reverse: "Philippo G---aluni fecit". 49....

Faithful to the traditions, the scene depicts the New Testament scene of the two Holy figures of John the Baptist and Jesus meeting with all the symbolism of both holy lives. A Fle...

Beautiful oil on canvas with four protagonists, the Virgin breastfeeding baby Jesus with St. Joseph and a young St. John the Baptist. Typical 17th century composition with the secondary characters in the background. Relined canvas and original gold leaf gilded frame...

17th century Spanish Colonial Peruvian painting. Cusco school, oil on wooden panel depicting “Saint George and the Dragon” with intricate 19th Century car...